Adjective classes a cross-linguistic typology

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 c...

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Autor principal: Dixon, R.M.W.
Altres autors: R.M.W. Dixon; Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Idioma:Undetermined
English
Publicat: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2004
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Sumari: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
Descripció física:xxi, 370 p.
ill.
24 cm
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199203466
9780199203468