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Morphosemantic Number:: From Kiowa Noun Classes to Ug Number Features

Morphosemantic Number:: From Kiowa Noun Classes to Ug Number Features

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Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Book 69

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 1402050372
ISBN13: 9781402050374
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Mar 23 2007
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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