Noun classes and categorization: proceedings of a symposium on categorization and …
by Craig, Colette Grinevald, University of Oregon., Cognitive science program, University of Oregon., Linguistics Department, University of Oregon., Psychology Department, Symposium on Categorization and Noun Classification, Eugene, Or.)
fromTypological studies in language : (TSL)
"Patterns of nominalization in Blackfoot are surveyed. It is demonstrated that two of these patterns behave like nouns while two others only partially behave like nouns. Degrees of nominality are analyzed within the assumption that there is a universal syntactic spine, a hierarc…
The contributions in this volume shed new light on the discussion of whether the DP hypothesis applies universally or not. The issue is prominent not only for Slavic languages. Drawing on evidence from many other languages, Greek, East Asian, and Basque among them, the book has …