Parts of speech: A challenge for typology

Anward, Jan; Moravcsik, Edith A.; Stassen, Leon

doi:10.1515/lity.1997.1.2.167

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“…Such a feature system leaves a number of issues to be addressed, including two general problems raised in Francis (1999). The first involves cross-linguistic variation (Anward, Moravcsik & Stassen 1997, Vogel & Comrie 2000 : if nouns in all languages are specified for the features [+N xV], then what exactly is the common core of syntactic behaviour that can be identified among the nouns of different languages ? Furthermore, if the feature system is universal, then why do the inventories of categories appear to differ from language to language?…”

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A multi-dimensional approach to the category ‘verb’ in Cantonese

Francis

Matthews

2005

J. Ling.

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A multi-dimensional approach to the category ‘verb’ in Cantonese

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2005

J. Ling.

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“…As is shown in Anward et al (1997), languages can differ from each other in several respects when it comes to the inventory of their lexical categories. They can differ in what kind of categories they identify; the distinction between verbs and nouns seems to be universal (Schachter 1985:6-7), though even that is questioned (cf.…”

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Development and diffusion of classifier systems in Southwestern Amazonia

Voort

2018

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

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Comparative research shows that many genealogically unrelated languages in the Guaporé-Mamoré region in the Southwestern Amazon share specific lexical and structural traits, which suggests that the region forms a linguistic area. One of these traits concerns classifier systems. Classifier systems in genealogically diverse Northwestern Amazonian languages display similar structural patterns that involve large sets of bound classifiers with wide morphosyntactic distributions, which represents an areal trait. I show that classifier systems in Southwestern Amazonian languages also share structural and formal characteristics among one another. In addition, important structural properties of these systems are similar to those that characterize Northwestern Amazonian systems. It is likely that certain structures and forms have spread through diffusion, although it may not be possible to determine their precise origin. Apparently, borrowed classifiers and calqued classifying structures have undergone further development and extension in the individual languages.

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“…More than 2000 years ago, words were already categorized into distinct groups by ancient Greek philosophers, but it has proven to be a rather difficult task to come up with definitions for the various lexical word classes that have cross‐linguistic validity (Anward et al. 1997).…”

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“…Furthermore, a concept that is lexicalized as a noun in one language may be lexicalized as a verb in another language (Evans 2000a). Recently, however, some new ideas have been proposed to deal with word classes across languages by Croft (1991, 2000), Anward et al (1997), Baker (2003) and Hengeveld (1992) (see also Hengeveld et al. 2004, Hengeveld and Rijkhoff 2005).…”

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Word Classes

Rijkhoff¹

2007

Language and Linguist. Compass

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This article1 provides an overview of recent literature and research on word classes, focusing in particular on typological approaches to word classification. The cross‐linguistic classification of word class systems (or parts‐of‐speech systems) presented in this article is based on statements found in grammatical descriptions of some 50 languages, which together constitute a representative sample of the world's languages. It appears that there are both quantitative and qualitative differences between word class systems of individual languages. Whereas some languages employ a parts‐of‐speech system that includes the categories verb, noun, adjective and adverb, other languages may use only a subset of these four lexical categories. Furthermore, quite a few languages have a major word class whose members cannot be classified in terms of the categories verb–noun–adjective–adverb, because they have properties that are strongly associated with at least two of these four traditional word classes (e.g. adjective and adverb). Finally, this article discusses some of the ways in which word class distinctions interact with other grammatical domains, such as syntax and morphology.

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Parts of speech: A challenge for typology

Cited by 23 publications

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A multi-dimensional approach to the category ‘verb’ in Cantonese

A multi-dimensional approach to the category ‘verb’ in Cantonese

Development and diffusion of classifier systems in Southwestern Amazonia

Word Classes

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