Adjective classes : a cross-linguistic typology / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dixon, Robert M. W. (Robert Malcolm Ward), 1939-

Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)

Series:

Explorations in linguistic typology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Adjective.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

370 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

The studies in this volume suggest that every language has an adjective class, but these vary in character and in size. In its grammatical properties, an adjective class may beas similar to nouns, or to verbs, or to both, or to neither.ze. Whereas in some languages the adjective class is large and can be freely added to, in others it is small and closed. with just a dozen or so members. The book will interest scholars and advanced students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of adjectives.

ISBN:

0199270937

OCLC:

53911490