Meaning and Grammar of Nouns and Verbs /

The papers collected in this book cover contemporary and original research on semantic and grammatical issues of nouns and noun phrases, verbs and sentences, and aspects of the combination of nouns and verbs, in a great variety of languages. A special focus is put on noun types, tense and aspect sem...

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Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Brenner, Dorothea (Contributor), Czardybon, Adrian (Contributor), Fleischhauer, Jens, active 2013- (Contributor), Gamerschlag, Thomas (Contributor), Gast, Volker (Contributor), Gerland, Doris (Contributor, Editor), Geuder, Wilhelm (Contributor), Herweg, Michael (Contributor), Horn, Christian (Contributor, Editor), Indefrey, Peter (Contributor), Kimm, Nicolas (Contributor), König, Ekkehard (Contributor), Latrouite, Anja (Contributor, Editor), Mittwoch, Anita (Contributor), Mosel, Ulrike (Contributor), Moyse-Faurie, Claire (Contributor), Naumann, Ralf (Contributor), Ortmann, Albert (Contributor, Editor), Petersen, Wiebke (Contributor), Ryu, Byong-Rae (Contributor), Stassen, Leon (Contributor), Van Valin, Robert D. (Contributor), Wunderlich, Dieter (Contributor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2014]
Series:	Studies in language and cognition ; 1.
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun. Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb. Parts of speech. cognition. conceptual noun types. definiteness. frame theory. morphology. noun semantics. perfectivity. syntax. telicity. typology. verb semantics. Nom (Linguistique) Verbe (Linguistique) Parties du discours. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General. Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb Parts of speech Adrian Czardybon. Anita Mittwoch. Byoong-Rae Ryu. Claire Moyse-Faurie. Dieter Wunderlich. Ekkehard König. Gerhard Schurz. Grammar. Hana Filip. Hungarian. Japanese. Jens Fleischhauer. Korean. Lakhota. Laura Kallmeyer. Leon Stassen. Michael Herwig. Nouns. Peter Indefrey. Pragmatic possession. Present Perfect Puzzle. Ralf Naumann. Robert D. van Valin. SFB 991. Sebastian Löbner. Semantik. Tagalog. Teop. Thomas Gamerschlag. Ulrike Mosel. Verbs. Volker Gast. Wiebke Petersen. Wilhelm Geuder. black language. case marker. comparative lexicology. corpus-linguistic. double nominative. frame account. frame. noun class. noun-types. objective conjugation. phase quantification. phase-theoretical account. psycho-linguistic. referentiality. talicity. telic incremental theme predications. type shifts. white language. Electronic books.
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Summary:	The papers collected in this book cover contemporary and original research on semantic and grammatical issues of nouns and noun phrases, verbs and sentences, and aspects of the combination of nouns and verbs, in a great variety of languages. A special focus is put on noun types, tense and aspect semantics, granularity of verb meaning, and subcompositionality. The investigated languages and language groups include Austronesian, East Asian, Slavic, German, English, Hungarian and Lakhota. The collection provided in this book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students specialising in the fields of semantics, morphology, syntax, typology, and cognitive sciences.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (429 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9783110720075 3110720078