Adjectives : formal analyses in syntax and semantics /
Adjectives are comparatively less well studied than the lexical categories of nouns and verbs. The present volume brings together studies in the syntax and semantics of adjectives. Four of the contributions investigate the syntax of adjectives in a variety of languages (English, French, Mandarin Chi...
| Daljnji autori: | , |
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jezik: | engleski |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2010.
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| Serija: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 153. |
| Online pristup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=319974 |
| Sažetak: | Adjectives are comparatively less well studied than the lexical categories of nouns and verbs. The present volume brings together studies in the syntax and semantics of adjectives. Four of the contributions investigate the syntax of adjectives in a variety of languages (English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, and Serbocroatian). The theoretical issues explored include: the syntax of attributive and predicative adjectives, the syntax of nominalized adjectives and the identification of adjectives as a distinct lexical category in Mandarin Chinese. A further four contr. |
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| Opis fizičkog objekta: | 1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografija: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027288349 9027288348 9027255369 9789027255365 1282558579 9781282558571 9786612558573 6612558571 |