Where have all the adjectives gone? : and other essays in semantics and syntax / R.M.W. Dixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-

Series:

Janua Linguarum. Series Maior

Janua Linguarum. Series Maior ; 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton, c1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Where have All the Adjectives Gone? And Other Essays in Semantics and Syntax

Contents:

Front matter

Part A

1. Where have all the adjectives gone?

Part B Nuclear and non-nuclear verbs

2. A method of semantic description

3. The semantics of giving

Part C

4. Syntactic orientation as a semantic property

Part D Nominal classification

5. Noun classes

6. Classifiers in Yidiny

7. Olgolo syllable structure and what they are doing about it

8. Noun classifiers and noun classes

Part E

9. Semantic neutralisation for phonological reasons

References

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-250) and index.

ISBN:

9783110822939

3110822938

OCLC:

843635679