Features / Greville G. Corbett.

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Corbett, Greville G

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: United Kingdom: Cambridge, 2012.Description: xviii, 322 pagesISBN:

9781107026230
9781107661080 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

415 23

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Summary: "Features are a central concept in linguistic analysis. They are the basic building blocks of linguistic units, such as words. For many linguists they offer the most revealing way to explore the nature of language. Familiar features are Number (singular, plural, dual, ...), Person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and Tense (present, past, ...). Features have a major role in contemporary linguistics, from the most abstract theorizing to the most applied computational applications, yet little is firmly established about their status. They are used, but are little discussed and poorly understood. In this unique work, Corbett brings together two lines of research: how features vary between languages and how they work. As a result, the book is of great value to the broad range of perspectives of those who are interested in language"--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
BOOK	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	Linguistics Collection	415 COR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	Linguistic Collection Donated		RU00007968

"Features are a central concept in linguistic analysis. They are the basic building blocks of linguistic units, such as words. For many linguists they offer the most revealing way to explore the nature of language. Familiar features are Number (singular, plural, dual, ...), Person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and Tense (present, past, ...). Features have a major role in contemporary linguistics, from the most abstract theorizing to the most applied computational applications, yet little is firmly established about their status. They are used, but are little discussed and poorly understood. In this unique work, Corbett brings together two lines of research: how features vary between languages and how they work. As a result, the book is of great value to the broad range of perspectives of those who are interested in language"--

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