TY - GEN T1 - Adjectives : formal analyses in syntax and semantics T2 - Linguistik aktuell ; A2 - Hofher, Patricia Cabredo, 1970- A2 - Matushansky, Ora LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Pub. YR - 2010 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn642206119 AB - 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. OP - 331 CN - PE1241 .A35 2010eb SN - 9789027288349 SN - 9027288348 SN - 9027255369 SN - 9789027255365 SN - 1282558579 SN - 9781282558571 SN - 9786612558573 SN - 6612558571 KW - English language : Adjective. KW - English language : Syntax. KW - Semantics. KW - Sémantique. KW - semantics. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Grammar & Punctuation. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Linguistics : Syntax. KW - English language : Adjective KW - English language : Syntax KW - Semantics KW - Electronic book. ER -