Determiners :: universals and variation /

This volume brings together recent work on the formal and interpretational properties of determiners across a variety of typologically and geographically unrelated languages. It seeks to answer the core question of modern linguistic theory: Which properties of languages are universal and which are v...

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Weitere Verfasser: Ghomeshi, Jila, Paul, Ileana, Wiltschko, Martina
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
Schriftenreihe:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 147.
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Zusammenfassung:This volume brings together recent work on the formal and interpretational properties of determiners across a variety of typologically and geographically unrelated languages. It seeks to answer the core question of modern linguistic theory: Which properties of languages are universal and which are variable? In recent theorizing, much of language variation is argued to stem from differences in the properties of features associated with functional heads. As such, this volume can be viewed as a case study of one such category: the determiner (D). The contributions all investigate the status of D.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 247 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027288950
902728895X
9789027255303
902725530X
1282395459
9781282395459
9786612395451
6612395451
ISSN:0166-0829 ;