Function and Class in Linguistic Description: The Taxonomic Foundations of Grammar

di Mário Alberto Perini (Autore)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022

This book deals with the traditional problem of the classification of linguistic units, with a primary focus on word classes. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and is based on the use of distinctive features analogous to the ones used in phonology, which entails a radical reworking of the traditional classification. The first part presents some basic notions such as the use of distinctive features and the role of word classes in grammar; classification by prototypes; and the use of world knowledge as a resource to assign thematic relations to constituents in the sentence. In the second part, some descriptive problems are examined, namely the classification of verbs according to valency; connectives, adverbs, and the internal constituents of the NP; and the classification of units larger than words. This book will be of use as a guide for linguists working on the description of natural languages, as well as aresource for students on courses in linguistic theory and description.

• Autore: Mário Alberto Perini
• Editore: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 338 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm
• EAN: 9783030781750

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