Word classes : nature, typology and representations

1. Foreword and acknowledgements 2. Introduction: New approaches to old Word Class issues (by Simone, Raffaele) 3. PART I. Types of word classes 4. Carving verb classes from corpora (by Lenci, Alessandro) 5. Classes of creation verbs (by Jezek, Elisabetta) 6. On Light Nouns (by Simone, Raffaele) 7. The 'new adjectives' of Tswana (by Creissels, Denis) 8. The Chinese adjective as a word class (by Arcodia, Giorgio F.) 9. Qualifying modifier encoding and adjectival typology (by Alfieri, Luca) 10. PART II. Minor and neglected word classes 11. Hungarian is a classifier language (by Csirmaz, Aniko) 12. Cardinal numerals: A syntax-semantics interface analysis (by Pannain, Rossella) 13. On the borders of neglected word classes: From preverbs to 'satellites' via adverbs and particles (by Sores, Anna) 14. PART III. Across word classes 15. Between adjective and noun: Category/function mismatch, constructional overrides and coercion (by Lauwers, Peter) 16. On decategorization and its relevance in German (by Gaeta, Livio) 17. PART IV. Radical views: Do we really need word classes? 18. Word-class features and reduplicative meaning: The case of Modern Greek (by Kallergi, Haritini) 19. Half and other unique words: Corpus patterns and lexicalist syntax (by Janssen, Maarten) 20. Index of languages 21. Index of names 22. Index of subjects