Adjective Classes : A Cross-linguistic Typology.
Başlık:
Adjective Classes : A Cross-linguistic Typology.
Yazar:
Dixon, R.M.W.
ISBN:
9780191533792
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1 online resource (393 pages)
Seri:
Explorations in Language & Space, No. 1
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Contents -- Preface -- Notes on the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 ADJECTIVE CLASSES IN TYPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 1 Word classes -- 2 Basic clause types and core arguments -- 3 Distinguishing noun and verb -- 4 The adjective class -- 5 Attitudes towards adjectives -- 6 Criteria for recognizing an adjective class -- 7 Languages with restricted functional possibilities for adjectives -- 8 Languages with two adjective classes -- 9 Correlations with other grammatical parameters -- 10 Semantic overlapping between word classes -- 11 The individual studies in this volume -- 12 Conclusions -- References -- 2 INFLECTED AND UNINFLECTED ADJECTIVES IN JAPANESE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Grammatical properties of adjective types -- 3 Multiple membership -- 4 Wider linguistic features of adjective types -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 3 THE TWO ADJECTIVE CLASSES IN MANANGE -- 1 Typological overview -- 2 Basic description and semantic analysis of simple and verb-like adjective classes -- 3 Phonological, morphological, and syntactic properties of simple adjectives -- 4 Phonological, morphological, and syntactic properties of verb-like adjectives -- 5 Conclusions: verb-like adjectives or adjective-like verbs? -- References -- 4 THE ADJECTIVE CLASS IN TARIANA -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Properties of verbs and nouns -- 3 Adjectives and their properties -- 4 Semantic overlap -- 5 Summary -- References -- 5 ADJECTIVES IN MAM -- 1 General grammatical characteristics of Mam -- 2 The grammar of adjectives -- 3 Semantics -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 6 ADJECTIVES IN PAPANTLA TOTONAC -- 1 The language -- 2 Syntax -- 3 Word formation and semantic classes -- 4 Deadjectival derivations -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 THE SMALL ADJECTIVE CLASS IN JARAWARA -- 1 Clause structure -- 2 Predicate structure -- 3 Word classes -- 4 Noun phrase structure.
5 The adjective class -- 6 Summary -- References -- 8 THE RUSSIAN ADJECTIVE: A PERVASIVE YET ELUSIVE CATEGORY -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Typological profile of Russian -- 3 Canonical Russian adjectives -- 4 Identifying the adjective (syntax and sources) -- 5 Properties of inflectional morphology -- 6 The derivational potential of adjectives -- 7 Further syntactic properties of adjectives -- 8 Adjectives as a canonical category -- 9 Usage -- 10 Semantic types -- 11 Adjectival outliers -- 12 Conclusion -- Sources for examples -- References -- 9 THE ADJECTIVE CLASS IN KOREAN -- 1 A typological profile of Korean -- 2 The adjective class in Korean -- 3 Grammatical properties of the adjective class -- 4 Semantics of the adjective class -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 IS THERE AN ADJECTIVE CLASS IN WOLOF? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The verbal system of Wolof -- 3 Relative clauses -- 4 Adjectival verbs -- 5 Summary and conclusions -- References -- 11 ADJECTIVES IN NORTH-EAST AMBAE -- 1 Lolovoli, North-East Ambae, Vanuatu -- 2 Typological profile -- 3 The class 'adjective' -- 4 Criteria for distinguishing adjectives from other verb classes -- 5 Marking the same for adjectives and active verbs -- 6 Semantic types -- 7 Word class overlap -- 8 Ordering of adjectives in the NP -- 9 Adjectives as predicate vs. attribute -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- 12 ADJECTIVES IN SEMELAI -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Typological profile -- 3 The adjective class in Semelai -- 4 Grammatical properties -- 5 The semantic content of the adjective class -- 6 Expressives -- 7 The ordering of adjectives -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 13 ADJECTIVES IN QIANG -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Semantics -- 3 Functioning as predicate -- 4 Functioning as head of an NP -- 5 Functioning as modifier of a noun -- 6 Adverbial modification of adjectives -- 7 Adverbial phrases -- 8 Summary -- References.
14 ADJECTIVES IN LAO -- 1 Introductory remarks on Lao -- 2 Preliminaries on nominals and noun phrase structure -- 3 The class of verbs in Lao -- 4 Characteristics of the adjective sub-class of verbs -- 5 Derivation -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 15 ADJECTIVE CLASSES: WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Eurocentrism, and descriptive tradition in the Asia-Pacific region -- 3 Adjectives in languages described in this volume -- 4 Intransitive predicate vs. copula (and verbless clauses) -- 5 Negation and adjectives -- 6 Comparative -- 7 Intensifier -- 8 Reduplication -- 9 Adjectives functioning as head of noun phrase -- 10 Noun phrase modification -- 11 Size and openness of adjective (sub-)classes -- 12 Head- vs. dependent-marking and correlation with adjective type -- 13 Adjectives by any other name? Evidence for an independent class of attributive-only adjectives -- References -- Author index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Language and language family index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Özet:
This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. Thirteen scholars report original research on languages from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The book throws new light on the nature and classification of adjectives and redefines the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation. - ;This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. The opening chapter considers current generalizations about the nature and classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation. Thirteen chapters then explore adjective classes in languages from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Studies of well-known languages such as Russian, Japanese, Korean and Lao are juxtaposed with. the languages of small hunter-gatherer and slash-and-burn agriculturalist groups. All are based on fine-grained field research. The nature and typology of adjective classes is then reconsidered in the conclusion. The authors reveal that the grammatical properties of the adjective class may be. similar to nouns or verbs or both or neither; that some languages have two kinds of adjectives, one hard to distinguish from nouns and the other from verbs; and that the adjective class can sometimes be large and open, and in other cases small and closed. The book will interest scholars and advanced students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of adjectives. 'Dixon's introductory chapter, "Adjectival classes in typological perspective", is clearly destined to be a classic in the field.... This volume will clearly be useful to anyone interested in adjectives and the nature of linguistic categorization.' Gary Holton, Linguist List - ;...makes a major contribution to the general study of parts of speech across
languages... The editors of this book have provided a much-needed analytical framework for typologizing the key distinctions in how the adjective manifests itself as a part of speech. - Edward J Vajda, Western Washington University.
Notlar:
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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