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In:Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Analysis: A contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew
Yishai Tobin
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 111] 1994
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Published online: 15 December 1994

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Table of contents

List of figuresxi

List of tablesxiii

Prefacexvii

Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Background

1. The sign-oriented approach3

2. The sign-oriented model31

Part II: Semantic Integrality

3. Semantic Integrality71

4. Possessive constructions in English and Hebrew119

5. Contractions in English153

Part III: Process and Result in Language

6. Troublesome lexical pairs in English181

7. Troublesome lexical pairs in Hebrew201

8. The Hebrew root and conjugation (binyan) systems241

Part IV: Specification in Language

9. Here, now and where in English and Hebrew289

10. Interrogatives in English and Hebrew313

Notes363

List of references375

Name Index393

Subject Index397