
Adjectives and Adverbs : Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse.
Title:
Adjectives and Adverbs : Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse.
Author:
McNally, Louise.
ISBN:
9780191526367
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (372 pages)
Series:
Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics ; v.20
Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
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 adverbs -- 11. Lexical semantics and pragmatics of evaluative adverbs -- 12. Discourse adjectives -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
This book brings together research on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs. It integrates lexical and compositional semantics and provides a full account of the structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs. It will interest students in linguistics and philosophy at graduate level and above.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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