17.3356, Books: Lexicography: Packard

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From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: The Morphology of Chinese: Packard 

	
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:18:36
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: The Morphology of Chinese: Packard 
 



Title: The Morphology of Chinese 
Subtitle: A Linguistic and Cognitive Approach 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Jerome L Packard

Paperback: ISBN: 0521026105 Pages: 351 Price: U.S. $ 50.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521026105 Pages: 351 Price: U.K. £ 29.00


Abstract:

This ground breaking study dispels the common belief that Chinese 'doesn't
have words' but instead 'has characters'. Jerome Packard's book provides a
comprehensive discussion of the linguistic and cognitive nature of Chinese
words. It shows that Chinese, far from being 'morphologically
impoverished', has a different morphological system because it selects
different 'settings' on parameters shared by all languages. The analysis of
Chinese word formation therefore enhances our understanding of word
universals. Packard describes the intimate relationship between words and
their components, including how the identities of Chinese morphemes are
word-driven, and offers new insights into the evolution of morphemes based
on Chinese data. Models are offered for how Chinese words are stored in the
mental lexicon and processed in natural speech, showing that much of what
native speakers know about words occurs innately in the form of a
hard-wired, specifically linguistic 'program' in the brain. 



1. Introduction; 
2. Defining the word in Chinese; 
3. Chinese word components; 
4. Gestalt Chinese words; 
5. X-bar analysis of Chinese words; 
6. Lexicalization and Chinese words; 
7. Chinese words and the lexicon; 
8. Chinese words: conclusions; 
References; 
Index. 


Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography
                     Linguistic Theories

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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