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Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Analysis [electronic resource] : a contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994.Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)ISBN:
  • 9789027276742 (electronic bk.)
  • 9027276749 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Analysis : A contrastive study of sign systems in English and HebrewDDC classification:
  • 492.4 492.40143
LOC classification:
  • PE1099 .T63 1994
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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