Functional structure in morphology and the case of nonfinite verbs : : theoretical issues and the description of the Danish verb system / / Peter Juul Nielsen.
In this book, Peter Juul Nielsen examines the foundations of morphological theory from a structural-functional perspective on language as a sign system. He offers a framework for the analysis of morpheme relations based on a thorough discussion of syntagmatic and paradigmatic structure, indexical re...
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| Superior document: | Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory, Volume 9 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Empirical approaches to linguistic theory ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (535 pages) :; illustrations, tables. |
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| Summary: | In this book, Peter Juul Nielsen examines the foundations of morphological theory from a structural-functional perspective on language as a sign system. He offers a framework for the analysis of morpheme relations based on a thorough discussion of syntagmatic and paradigmatic structure, indexical relations, zero as meaningful absence and morphological relations across grammatical categories. It is argued that when paradigmatically related morphological structures have different syntactic functions, the semantics of the paradigmatic opposition consists in the specification of functional potential. The framework is applied in three detailed studies of Danish nonfinite verbs presenting new accounts of their morphological structure, semantic coding and paradigmatic organisation. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004321837 |
| ISSN: | 2210-6243 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Peter Juul Nielsen. |