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    Hardcover. Condition: Gut. xx, 358 S. Gebrauchtes Buch aus ehem. Privatbesitz. GUTER Zustand, wenige Gebrauchsspuren. Used book, few traces of use. C08816 9789027255655 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1150.

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    Hardback. Condition: New. Linguistic gender is a complex and amazing category that has puzzled and still puzzles theoretical linguists, typologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, didacticians, as well as scholars of anthropology, culture, and even mystical (divine) sufism. In Standard and colloquial Arabic varieties, feminine morphology (unlike "common sense") is not dedicated to mark beings of the female sex (or "natural gender"). When you name the female of a "lion" (?asad) or a "donkey" (?imaar), you use different words (labu?at or ?ataan), as if the male and female of the same species are linguistically conceived as completely unrelated entities. When you "feminize" words like "bee" (na?l) or "pigeon" (?amaam), the outcome is not a noun for the animal with a different sex, but a singular of the collective "bees," "one bee" (na?l-at), or an individual pigeon (?amaam-at). In the opposite direction, when a singular noun "carpenter" (najjar) is feminized, the (unexpected) result is a special plural, or rather a group, "carpenters as a professional group" (najjar-at). Since some of these words (contrastively) possess "normal" masculine plurals, or masculine singulars, I propose to distinguish atomicities (which are broadly "masculine") from unities (which are "feminine"). The diversity of feminine senses is also manifested when you feminize an inherently masculine noun like "father" (?ab), "uncle" (?amm), etc. The outcome (in the appropriate performative context) is that you are endearing your father or uncle, rather than "womanizing" him. More "unorthodox" senses are evaluative, pejorative, diminutive, augmentative, etc. It is striking that gender not only plays a central role in shaping individuation, or perspectizing plurality, but it is also used to distinguish what we count, or what we quantifier over. In Arabic, when you count numbers in sequence (three, four, five, six, etc.), you use the feminine, but when you count objects, you have to "negotiate" for gender, due to the "gender polarity" constraint. Your quantifier senses, which are also subtly built in the grammar, equally negotiate for gender. Wide cross-linguistic comparison extends the inventories of features, mechanisms, and typological notions used, to languages like Hebrew, Berber, Celtic, Germanic, Romance, Amazonian, etc. On the whole, gender is far from being parasitic in the grammar of Arabic or any language (including "classifier" languages). It is central as it has never been.…

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    Published by Springer, 1993

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    Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This study has a twofold goal. First, it investigates the internal structure of words and clauses in Standard Arabic (SA), in the light of recent developments of Government and Binding Theory (GB). Second, it argues for a specific theory of typology, and proposes a particular view of how parametrization can be construed and executed. SA is a language used throughout the Arab world, in contrast to specific local dialects which are limited to a particular area. The language has a number of features which make it particularly suitable for cross-linguistic comparative morpho-syntax, as well as research in different modules of the theory of grammar. SA morphology is essentially non-concatenative, though a rich analytic affixation system makes word formation hierarchical. Word order in SA is basically VSO, but the language has alternative SVO structures as well. Sentences can be 'nominal' (i.e. with no verb or copula realized at surface structure), or verbal. Arguments can be left syntactically unexpressed (i.e. SA is a null argument language). SA is an agreement language, with a rich and complex agreement system interacting with word order, pronominal incorporation, and expletive structures. It also has a productive morphological case system. Tense, Aspect, Modal, and Negation properties interact in intriguing ways. Finally, SA's DP system exhibits interesting complementary distributions between overt determiners, genitive complements, and possessive markers. It also uses different licensing strategies for Genitive Case marking.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This study has a twofold goal. First, it investigates the internal structure of words and clauses in Standard Arabic (SA), in the light of recent developments of Government and Binding Theory (GB). Second, it argues for a specific theory of typology, and proposes a particular view of how parametrization can be construed and executed. SA is a language used throughout the Arab world, in contrast to specific local dialects which are limited to a particular area. The language has a number of features which make it particularly suitable for cross-linguistic comparative morpho-syntax, as well as research in different modules of the theory of grammar. SA morphology is essentially non-concatenative, though a rich analytic affixation system makes word formation hierarchical. Word order in SA is basically VSO, but the language has alternative SVO structures as well. Sentences can be 'nominal' (i.e. with no verb or copula realized at surface structure), or verbal. Arguments can be left syntactically unexpressed (i.e. SA is a null argument language). SA is an agreement language, with a rich and complex agreement system interacting with word order, pronominal incorporation, and expletive structures. It also has a productive morphological case system. Tense, Aspect, Modal, and Negation properties interact in intriguing ways. Finally, SA's DP system exhibits interesting complementary distributions between overt determiners, genitive complements, and possessive markers. It also uses different licensing strategies for Genitive Case marking.…

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    Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Issues in the Structure of Arabic Clauses and Words | A. Fassi Fehri | Taschenbuch | xiv | Englisch | 2010 | Springer Netherland | EAN 9789048142286 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

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    Condition: New. Investigates the internal structure of words and clauses in Standard Arabic (SA), in the light of developments of Government and Binding Theory (GB). This study argues for a specific theory of typological variation. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 647. . 1993. Hardback. . . . .…

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    Hardback. Condition: New. Linguistic gender is a complex and amazing category that has puzzled and still puzzles theoretical linguists, typologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, didacticians, as well as scholars of anthropology, culture, and even mystical (divine) sufism. In Standard and colloquial Arabic varieties, feminine morphology (unlike "common sense") is not dedicated to mark beings of the female sex (or "natural gender"). When you name the female of a "lion" (?asad) or a "donkey" (?imaar), you use different words (labu?at or ?ataan), as if the male and female of the same species are linguistically conceived as completely unrelated entities. When you "feminize" words like "bee" (na?l) or "pigeon" (?amaam), the outcome is not a noun for the animal with a different sex, but a singular of the collective "bees," "one bee" (na?l-at), or an individual pigeon (?amaam-at). In the opposite direction, when a singular noun "carpenter" (najjar) is feminized, the (unexpected) result is a special plural, or rather a group, "carpenters as a professional group" (najjar-at). Since some of these words (contrastively) possess "normal" masculine plurals, or masculine singulars, I propose to distinguish atomicities (which are broadly "masculine") from unities (which are "feminine"). The diversity of feminine senses is also manifested when you feminize an inherently masculine noun like "father" (?ab), "uncle" (?amm), etc. The outcome (in the appropriate performative context) is that you are endearing your father or uncle, rather than "womanizing" him. More "unorthodox" senses are evaluative, pejorative, diminutive, augmentative, etc. It is striking that gender not only plays a central role in shaping individuation, or perspectizing plurality, but it is also used to distinguish what we count, or what we quantifier over. In Arabic, when you count numbers in sequence (three, four, five, six, etc.), you use the feminine, but when you count objects, you have to "negotiate" for gender, due to the "gender polarity" constraint. Your quantifier senses, which are also subtly built in the grammar, equally negotiate for gender. Wide cross-linguistic comparison extends the inventories of features, mechanisms, and typological notions used, to languages like Hebrew, Berber, Celtic, Germanic, Romance, Amazonian, etc. On the whole, gender is far from being parasitic in the grammar of Arabic or any language (including "classifier" languages). It is central as it has never been.…

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    Condition: New. Investigates the internal structure of words and clauses in Standard Arabic (SA), in the light of developments of Government and Binding Theory (GB). This study argues for a specific theory of typological variation. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 647. . 1993. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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    Couverture souple. Condition: Bon état. 2 volumes. In-8 broché tapuscrit. 24 cm sur 17. 472p + 320p. Dos pliés sinon, bon état. Bon état d'occasion. in-8°.

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    orig.wrappers Wrappers smudges & soiled. Rubbed. Good. 23x16cm, 242 pp, Rubberstamp to flyleaf. Contains 13 papers. Includes: M. Ambar "The Order of NP Subject: Auxiliary,Part Participle in WH, Questions & the Barrierhood Status of IP"; J.C. Beaumont "Analicity in Moroccan Arabic"; H. Borer "Subject Reference"; V. Demonte "On Barriers within NPs in Spanish"; A.M. Di Scullio " Configurational Properties of Argument Structure"; G. Horrocks "Movement Rules with 'Noun Phrases'": J.-Y. Pollock "Sur la syntaxe comparrée de la negation de phrase en anglais et en francais"; W. Thümmel "Des hiérarchies syntaxiques parrallèles"; M.-T.Vinet "Des constructions IP adjointes sur la gauche"; T. Afkinich "On the Null Subject Parameter"; M. Ennaji "Non- verbal Predicates in Moroccan Arabic"; A. Fassi Fehri "Generalized IP Structure, Case & VS Word Order"; A. Jamari "Definiteness & Genitive Case Assignment". Wrappers smudges & soiled. Rubbed. Good.…

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    Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Fassi Fehri, Abdelkader Linguistique arabe: forme et interprétation. Rabat, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, 1982. In-8, broché, XIII-343 pages.

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    Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Linguistic gender is a complex and amazing category that has puzzled and still puzzles theoretical linguists, typologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, didacticians, as well as scholars of anthropology, culture, and even mystical (divine) sufism. In Standard and colloquial Arabic varieties, feminine morphology (unlike common sense) is not dedicated to mark beings of the female sex (or natural gender). When you name the female of a lion (?asad) or a donkey (?imaar), you use different words (labu?at or ?ataan), as if the male and female of the same species are linguistically conceived as completely unrelated entities. When you feminize words like bee (na?l) or pigeon (?amaam), the outcome is not a noun for the animal with a different sex, but a singular of the collective bees, one bee (na?l-at), or an individual pigeon (?amaam-at). In the opposite direction, when a singular noun carpenter (najjar) is feminized, the (unexpected) result is a special plural, or rather a group, carpenters as a professional group (najjar-at). Since some of these words (contrastively) possess normal masculine plurals, or masculine singulars, I propose to distinguish atomicities (which are broadly masculine) from unities (which are feminine). The diversity of feminine senses is also manifested when you feminize an inherently masculine noun like father (?ab), uncle (?amm), etc. The outcome (in the appropriate performative context) is that you are endearing your father or uncle, rather than womanizing him. More unorthodox senses are evaluative, pejorative, diminutive, augmentative, etc. It is striking that gender not only plays a central role in shaping individuation, or perspectizing plurality, but it is also used to distinguish what we count, or what we quantifier over. In Arabic, when you count numbers in sequence (three, four, five, six, etc.), you use the feminine, but when you count objects, you have to negotiate for gender, due to the gender polarity constraint. Your quantifier senses, which are also subtly built in the grammar, equally negotiate for gender. Wide cross-linguistic comparison extends the inventories of features, mechanisms, and typological notions used, to languages like Hebrew, Berber, Celtic, Germanic, Romance, Amazonian, etc. On the whole, gender is far from being parasitic in the grammar of Arabic or any language (including classifier languages). It is central as it has never been. Two core concepts are developed in this monograph. First is feminine, or the marked Gender, a property of concepts that are distinguished along dimensions of individuation and unitization, not necessarily sex. The second is unity, a property of singularities, pluralities, and quantities. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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    Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Linguistic gender is a complex and amazing category that has puzzled and still puzzles theoretical linguists, typologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, didacticians, as well as scholars of anthropology, culture, and even mystical (divine) sufism. In Standard and colloquial Arabic varieties, feminine morphology (unlike common sense) is not dedicated to mark beings of the female sex (or natural gender). When you name the female of a lion (?asad) or a donkey (?imaar), you use different words (labu?at or ?ataan), as if the male and female of the same species are linguistically conceived as completely unrelated entities. When you feminize words like bee (na?l) or pigeon (?amaam), the outcome is not a noun for the animal with a different sex, but a singular of the collective bees, one bee (na?l-at), or an individual pigeon (?amaam-at). In the opposite direction, when a singular noun carpenter (najjar) is feminized, the (unexpected) result is a special plural, or rather a group, carpenters as a professional group (najjar-at). Since some of these words (contrastively) possess normal masculine plurals, or masculine singulars, I propose to distinguish atomicities (which are broadly masculine) from unities (which are feminine). The diversity of feminine senses is also manifested when you feminize an inherently masculine noun like father (?ab), uncle (?amm), etc. The outcome (in the appropriate performative context) is that you are endearing your father or uncle, rather than womanizing him. More unorthodox senses are evaluative, pejorative, diminutive, augmentative, etc. It is striking that gender not only plays a central role in shaping individuation, or perspectizing plurality, but it is also used to distinguish what we count, or what we quantifier over. In Arabic, when you count numbers in sequence (three, four, five, six, etc.), you use the feminine, but when you count objects, you have to negotiate for gender, due to the gender polarity constraint. Your quantifier senses, which are also subtly built in the grammar, equally negotiate for gender. Wide cross-linguistic comparison extends the inventories of features, mechanisms, and typological notions used, to languages like Hebrew, Berber, Celtic, Germanic, Romance, Amazonian, etc. On the whole, gender is far from being parasitic in the grammar of Arabic or any language (including classifier languages). It is central as it has never been. Two core concepts are developed in this monograph. First is feminine, or the marked Gender, a property of concepts that are distinguished along dimensions of individuation and unitization, not necessarily sex. The second is unity, a property of singularities, pluralities, and quantities. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…