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Informationen zum Autor Jan Rijkhoff is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Aarhus University in Denmark. His books include The Noun Phrase (OUP 2002) and, with co-editor Daniel Garcia Velasco, The Noun Phrase in Functional Discourse Grammar (Mouton de Gruyter 2008). He has published on numerous topics - including word classes - in various international journals, including Journal of Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, Language and Linguistics Compass, Journal of Semantics, Linguistics, and Studies in Language.Eva van Lier is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. Her publications include several journal articles on word class typology and the monograph Parts of Speech and Dependent Clauses: a typological study (Utrecht: LOT 2009). Currently she investigates properties of flexible word classes in Oceanic languages with a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Klappentext This book is the first major cross-linguistic study of 'flexible words', i.e. words that cannot be classified in terms of the traditional lexical categories Verb, Noun, Adjective or Adverb. It includes new cross-linguistic studies of word class systems as well as original descriptive and theoretical contributions. Zusammenfassung This book is the first major cross-linguistic study of 'flexible words', i.e. words that cannot be classified in terms of the traditional lexical categories Verb, Noun, Adjective or Adverb. It includes new cross-linguistic studies of word class systems as well as original descriptive and theoretical contributions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Eva van Lier and Jan Rijkhoff: Flexible Word Classes in Linguistic Typology and Grammatical Theory 2: Kees Hengeveld: Parts-of-speech Systems as a Basic Typological Determinant 3: Jan Don and Eva van Lier: Derivation and Categorization in Flexible and Differentiated Languages 4: David Gil: Riau Indonesian: A language without nouns and verbs 5: John Peterson: Parts of Speech in Kharia: A formal account 6: Felix Rau: Proper Names, Predicates, and the Parts-of-speech System of Santali 7: David Beck: Unidirectional Flexibility and the Noun-verb Distinction in Lushootseed 8: William B. McGregor: Lexical Categories in Gooniyandi, Kimberley, Western Australia 9: Sebastian Nordhoff: Jack-of-all-trades: The Sri Lanka Malay flexible adjective 10: Walter Bisang: Word Class Systems Between Flexibility and Rigidity: An integrative approach ...
