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Date: 16-Dec-2023
From: Rachel Havard [Rachel.HAVARD at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Handbook of Word Classes: van Lier (ed.) (2024)


Title: The Oxford Handbook of Word Classes
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Editor: Eva van Lier
Abstract:

This handbook explores multiple facets of the study of word classes,
also known as parts of speech or lexical categories. These categories
are of fundamental importance to linguistic theory and description,
both formal and functional, and for both language-internal analyses
and cross-linguistic comparison.

The volume consists of five parts that investigate word classes from
different angles. Chapters in the first part address a range of
fundamental issues including diversity and unity in word classes
around the world, categorization at different levels of structure, the
distinction between lexical and functional words, and hybrid
categories. Part II examines the treatment of word classes across a
wide range of contemporary linguistic theories, such as Cognitive
Grammar, Minimalist Syntax, and Lexical Functional Grammar, while the
focus of Part III is on individual word classes, from major categories
such as verb and noun to minor ones such as adpositions and
ideophones. Part IV provides a number of cross-linguistic case
studies, exploring word classes in families including Afroasiatic,
Sinitic, Mayan, Austronesian, and in sign languages. Chapters in the
final part of the book discuss word classes from the perspective of
various sub-disciplines of linguistics, ranging from first and second
language acquisition to computational and corpus linguistics.
Together, the contributions showcase the importance of word classes
for the whole discipline of linguistics, while also highlighting the
many ongoing debates in the areas and outlining fruitful avenues for
future research.

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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