28.3775, Books: The design of semi-lexicality: Klockmann

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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:51:43
From: Jolanda Rozendaal [gw.uilots.lot at uu.nl]
Subject: The design of semi-lexicality: Klockmann

 


Title: The design of semi-lexicality 
Subtitle: Evidence from case and agreement in the nominal domain 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/the-design-of-semi-lexicality 


Author: Heidi Klockmann

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460932427 Pages:  Price: ----  


Abstract:

Semi-lexicality refers to lexical items which show both lexical and functional
properties. Numerals, for instance, very often show some nominal or adjectival
properties (lexical), despite having a quantificational function (functional).
Such semi-lexical elements challenge theories of categories which assume
discrete distinctions between nouns, verbs, and adjectives. If a numeral
shares some, but not all properties with a noun, should we call it a noun
instead of a numeral?

This dissertation addresses such questions, and explores the concept of
semi-lexicality. It focuses on phenomena in the nominal domain which largely
involve idiosyncratic patterns of case and agreement. This thesis aims to
identify how semi-lexicality arises in the syntax and what consequences it has
for conceptualizations of categories. Semi-lexicality is explored via three
case studies: Polish numerals, English quantificational nouns (lot, ton,
bunch, number), and English kind-words (kind, type, sort). These case studies
illustrate a variety of ways of being semi-lexical, and motivate an approach
to semi-lexicality which decomposes basic notions of categories. By developing
a precise theory of what it means to be lexical, functional, and semi-lexical,
this thesis shows that it is possible to capture the idiosyncrasies of
semi-lexicality in a predictable way.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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