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Author: Daniel Harbour
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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.

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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, Harbour argues that a unified theory is not only possible, but necessary for the study of Universal Grammar. Through insightful analysis of unfamiliar data, he 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:

the foundations of a unified morphosemantic theory of number;

insight into the flow of information from the lexicon, via syntax, into the morphology;

wide-ranging topics: nominal semantics, noun classes, DP syntax, agreement, suppletion, complex morphology.

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Title Morphosemantic Number:: From Kiowa Noun Classes to Ug Number Features
Author Daniel Harbour
Binding Paperback
Pages 220
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Springer
Publication date 2008-03-20
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated
ISBN 9781402050398 / 1402050399
Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.51 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.30 cm)
Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
Library of Congress subjects Semantics, Grammar, Comparative and general - Number
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008923537
Dewey Decimal Code 415

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