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Adjectives and adverbs : syntax, semantics, and discourse / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford linguistics.
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 19.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford linguistics
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 19
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Adjective.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Adverb.
- Semantics.
- Pragmatics.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bringing together research on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, this text integrates lexical and compositional semantics and provides a full account of the structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs.
- Contents:
- Contents; General Preface; Acknowledgments; Figures and Tables; The Authors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The position of adjectives and other phrasal modifiers in the decomposition of DP; 3. Ezafe and the deep position of nominal modifiers; 4. Meaning-form correlations and adjective position in Spanish; 5. Nonrestrictive modifiers in non-parenthetical positions; 6. Adjectives and degree modification; 7. Measure of change: The adjectival core of degree achievements; 8. Aspectual composition with degrees; 9. Manner modification of state verbs
- 10. Towards flexible types with constraints for manner and factive adverbs11. Lexical semantics and pragmatics of evaluative adverbs; 12. Discourse adjectives; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-349) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03496-6
- 1-281-34149-5
- 9786611341497
- 0-19-152636-3
- OCLC:
- 437092107
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