32.2891, Books: A Theory of Distributed Number: Dali, Mathieu

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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:34:02
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: A Theory of Distributed Number: Dali, Mathieu

 


Title: A Theory of Distributed Number 
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 269  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.269 


Author: Myriam Dali
Author: Eric Mathieu

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027259646 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027259646 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027259646 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027209238 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027209238 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027209238 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

The objective of this book is to develop a deeper understanding of the form
and interpretation of number. Using insights from Generative syntax and
Distributed Morphology, we develop a theory of distributed number, arguing
that number can be associated with several functional heads and that these
projections exist depending on the features they specify. In doing so, we make
a strong claim for a close mapping between the syntactic structure and the
semantics in the noun phrase, since each node corresponds to a different
interpretation of number. Despite some technical implementations, the book is
accessible to linguists working outside any particular syntax-semantic
framework, since we propose generalizations that are applicable in many, if
not all, models of grammar. The book focuses on Arabic, but also discusses a
number of languages including English, French, Ojibwe, Blackfoot, Hebrew,
Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Turkish, Persian, and Western Armenian.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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