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Hybrid nouns have a morphological shape that doesn't match their
semantic interpretation. Such nouns pose clear and interesting
questions for the nature of grammatical features. For instance, how
does a single feature contribute distinct information values to
different components of the grammar? Furthermore, what does this
observation reveal about the syntax, often taken to mediate between
the morphology and the semantics? This book studies hybrid nouns
and argues that a single grammatical feature is comprised of two
halves, a semantic half and a morphological half, that coexist in
the syntax before being sent to the respective interfaces. Viewing
features in this way allows us a new look at numerous types of
hybrid nouns, such as Imposter constructions, nouns of collection,
as well as nouns like 'furniture' that straddle the mass-count
distinction. Moreover, the study of the agreement patterns of
hybrid nouns shows that semantic features behave differently to
morphological features under agreement, providing a novel insight
into the nature of the mechanism that underlies morphosyntactic
agreement.
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Agree to Agree (Hardcover)
Peter W. Smith, Johannes Mursell, Katharina Hartmann
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R1,361
Discovery Miles 13 610
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Ships in 9 - 17 working days
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The first topical meeting on Photonic Switching was held March
18-20, 1987 in Incline Village, Nev., USA in conjunction with the
second topical meeting on Optical Computing. It was sponsored by
the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society and the Optical Society
of America with the co operation of the IEEE Communications
Society. The attendance at these meetings was well in excess of 500
persons - a measure of the growing worldwide interest in optical
techniques for switching and signal process ing. Our goal in
organizing the Photonic Switching meeting was to provide a forum
for the presentation of original papers on the subjects of devices
and architectures suitable for switching, multiplexing or routing
of optical signals. The purpose of the meeting was to foster and
enhance interaction between two groups that share a common interest
in exploring possible applications of photonic switching
technology: people working on optical switching devices and
components, and people working on future switching systems and
networks."
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