Adjectives: Formal analyses in syntax and semantics (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today)

ISBN 10: 9027255369 / ISBN 13: 9789027255365

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Compan, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adjectives: Formal analyses in syntax and semantics (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Compan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027255369
• ISBN 13: 9789027255365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 contributions examine different aspects in the semantics of adjectives in English, French, and Spanish, dealing with superlatives, comparatives, and aspect in adjectives. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students in syntax, formal semantics, and language typology.