Meaning and Grammar of Nouns and Verbs

Gerland, Doris

Meaning and Grammar of Nouns and Verbs - De Gruyter 2021 - 1 electronic resource (429 p.)

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The papers collected in this book cover contemporary and original research on semantic and grammatical issues of nouns and noun phrases, verbs and sentences, and aspects of the combination of nouns and verbs, in a great variety of languages. A special focus is put on noun types, tense and aspect semantics, granularity of verb meaning, and subcompositionality. The investigated languages and language groups include Austronesian, East Asian, Slavic, German, English, Hungarian and Lakhota. The collection provided in this book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students specialising in the fields of semantics, morphology, syntax, typology, and cognitive sciences.


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English

9783110720075 9783110720075 9783943460643

10.1515/9783110720075 doi


linguistics

Telicity perfectivity definiteness cognition frame theory syntax morphology typology conceptual noun types verb semantics noun semantic