TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tobin,Yishai
TI  - Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Analysis: a contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew
SN  - 9789027276742 (electronic bk.)
AV  - PE1099 .T63 1994 
U1  - 492.4492.40143 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Amsterdam/Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub. Co.
KW  - Distinctive features (Linguistics)
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar, Comparative
KW  - Hebrew
KW  - Hebrew language
KW  - English
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Variation
KW  - Markedness (Linguistics)
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Hebrew
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - INVARIANCE, MARKEDNESS AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURE ANALYSIS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Background; Chapter 1. The sign-oriented approach; Chapter 2. The sign-oriented model; Part II: Semantic Integrality; Chapter 3. Semantic Integrality; Chapter 4. Possessive constructions in English and Hebrew; Chapter 5. Contractions in English; Part III: Process and Result in Language; Chapter 6. Troublesome lexical pairs in English; Chapter 7. Troublesome lexical pairs in Hebrew; Chapter 8. The Hebrew root and conjugation (binyan) systemsPart IV: Specification in Language; Chapter 9. Here, now and where in English and Hebrew; Chapter 10. Interrogativesin English and Hebrew; Notes; List of references; Name Index; Subject Index
N2  - This volume provides a new kind of contrastive analysis of two unrelated languages -- English and Hebrew -- based on the semiotic concepts of invariance, markedness and distinctive feature theory. It concentrates on linguistic forms and constructions which are remarkably different in each language despite the fact that they share the same familiar classifications and labels. Tobin demonstrates how and why traditional and modern syntactic categories such as grammatical number; verb tense, aspect, mood and voice; conditionals and interrogatives; etc., are not equivalent across languages. It is argu
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