Adjectives : formal analyses in syntax and semantics /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today ; v. 153
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 153.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11215029
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Other authors / contributors:Hofher, Patricia Cabredo, 1970-
Matushansky, Ora.
ISBN:9789027288349
9027288348
9027255369
9789027255365
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9789027255365
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Adjectives. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2010 9789027255365
Standard no.:9786612558573