Function and class in linguistic description : the taxonomic foundations of grammar / Mário Alberto Perini.
Perini, Mário A., author.
2021
P240.5 .P47 2021
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Title Function and class in linguistic description : the taxonomic foundations of grammar / Mário Alberto Perini.
Author Perini, Mário A., author.
ISBN 9783030781736 (electronic bk.)
3030781739 (electronic bk.)
9783030781729
3030781720
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78173-6
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-78173-6 doi
Call Number P240.5 .P47 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 415
Summary 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 a resource for students on courses in linguistic theory and description. Mario A. Perini is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the author of Describing Verb Valency (2015) and Thematic Relations (2019).
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: General Principles
Chapter 2: Categorization and knowledge
Chapter 3: Form and meaning
Chapter 4: Word classes
Chapter 5: Classes and the grammar
Chapter 6: Prototypes
Chapter 7: Assignment by default
Part II: Descriptive Application
Chapter 8: Classification of verbs
Chapter 9: Constructions of directional motion: a guided tour of valential complexity
Chapter 10: Functions and classes in the NP
Chapter 11: Towards a taxonomy of connectives
Chapter 12: Adverbs and their relatives
Chapter 13: Features and grammatical description
Chapter 14: Semantic correlations and syntactic features
Chapter 15: Beyond the lexicon
Chapter 16: Summary.

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