Overview
- The original thesis that semantic number and morphological number are unified phenomena
- Foundations of a unified morphosemantic theory of number
- Insight into the flow of information from the lexicon, via syntax, into the morphology
- Insightful discussion of important data from an unfamiliar language, Kiowa
- Wide ranging topics: nominal semantics, noun classes, DP syntax, agreement, suppletion, complex morphology
Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 69)
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Number is a major research domain in semantics, syntax and morphology. However, no current theory of number is applicable to all three fields. In this work, the author argues that a unified theory is not only possible, but necessary for the study of Universal Grammar. Through insightful analysis of unfamiliar data, the author shows that one and the same feature set is implicated in semantic and morphological number phenomena alike, with syntax acting as the conduit between the two. At the heart of the study is an original treatment of Kiowa, a North American language with a remarkable constellation of characteristics, including semantically based noun classification and complex agreement morphology.
This volume presents: (1) the foundations of a unified morphosemantic theory of number; (2) insight into the flow of information from the lexicon, via syntax, into the morphology; (3) wide-ranging topics: nominal semantics, noun classes, DP syntax, agreement, suppletion, complex morphology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Morphosemantic Number:
Book Subtitle: From Kiowa Noun Classes to UG Number Features
Authors: Daniel Harbour
Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5038-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5037-4Published: 23 March 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5039-8Published: 20 March 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5038-1Published: 11 March 2007
Series ISSN: 0924-4670
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 220
Topics: Semantics, Syntax, Linguistics, general, Ameri-Indian Languages, Grammar, Phonology and Phonetics