Morphosemantic Number: From Kiowa Noun Classes To UG Number Features

• Main Author: Harbour, Daniel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 69
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Indian languages.; Grammar.; Phonology.; Semantics.; Syntax.; Linguistics, general.; Ameri-Indian Languages.

Number is a major research domain in semantics, syntax and morphology. However, no current theory of number is applicable to all three fields. In this work, Harbour argues that a unified theory is not only possible, but necessary for the study of Universal Grammar. Through insightful analysis of unf...