Between grammar and lexicon : [Fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference held at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam on July 18th, 1997

This volume has its origins in a theme session entitled: "Lexical and Grammatical Classification: Same or Different?" from the Fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. It includes theme session presentations, additional papers from that conference, and several invited contributions. All the articles explore the relationship between lexical and grammatical categories, both illustrating the close interaction, as well as questioning the strict dichotomy, between them. This volume promotes a holistic view of classification reflecting functional, cognitive, communication, and sign-oriented approaches to language which have been applied to both the grammar and the lexicon.The volume is divided into two parts. Part I, Number and Gender Systems Across Languages, is further subdivided into three sections: (1) Noun Classification; (2) Number Systems; and (3) Gender Systems. Part II, Verb Systems and Parts of Speech Across Languages, is divided into two sections: (1) Tense and Aspect and (2) Parts of Speech. The analyses represent a diverse range of languages and language families: Bantu (Swahili), Guaykuruan (Pilagá), Indo-European (English, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Spanish) and Semitic (Hebrew) BETWEEN GRAMMAR AND LEXICON......Page 2 Editorial page......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 LCC data......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 List of Contributors......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 1. Noun Classification Systems......Page 34 Noun Class as Number in Swahili......Page 36 Deixis and Noun-Classification in Pilagá and Beyond......Page 64 2. Number Systems......Page 90 Number in the English Substantive......Page 92 From Number to Gender, from Dual to Virile......Page 106 The Dual Number in Hebrew......Page 120 3. Gender Systems......Page 154 The Acategorial Lexicon and the Pairing Strategies......Page 156 Grammatical and Lexical Behavior in the Development of the Spanish Third-Person Clitics......Page 192 The Grammar of English Gender......Page 218 Recasting Animacy......Page 238 1. Tense and Aspect......Page 258 Eventuality Classification......Page 260 Resultativeness......Page 288 2. Parts of Speech......Page 322 Complex -er Nominals......Page 324 Modern Hebrew Adverbials......Page 366 Name Index......Page 386 Subject Index......Page 394 CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY......Page 399 The essays in this volume explore the relationship between lexical and grammatical categories, calling into question the strict dichotomy between the two that is sometimes assumed.