Adjectives
Formal analyses in syntax and semantics
Editors
Patricia Cabredo Hofherr | CNRS / University of Paris 8
Ora Matushansky | University of Utrecht
Adjectives are comparatively less well studied than the lexical categories of nouns and verbs. The present volume brings together studies in the syntax and semantics of adjectives. Four of the contributions investigate the syntax of adjectives in a variety of languages (English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, and Serbocroatian). The theoretical issues explored include: the syntax of attributive and predicative adjectives, the syntax of nominalized adjectives and the identification of adjectives as a distinct lexical category in Mandarin Chinese. A further four contributions examine different aspects in the semantics of adjectives in English, French, and Spanish, dealing with superlatives, comparatives, and aspect in adjectives. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students in syntax, formal semantics, and language typology.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 153] 2010. vii, 335 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Adjectives: An introductionPatricia Cabredo Hofherr | pp. 1–26
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Part I. Syntax
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Syntactic positions of attributive adjectivesNadira Aljović | pp. 29–52
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The syntactic differences between long and short forms of Russian adjectivesLeonard H. Babby | pp. 53–84
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The name of the adjectiveHagit Borer and Isabelle Roy | pp. 85–114
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Adjectives in Mandarin Chinese: The rehabilitation of a much ostracized categoryWaltraud Paul | pp. 115–152
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Part II. Semantics
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Comparisons of similarity and differencePeter Alrenga | pp. 155–186
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Characterizing superlative quantifiersJavier Gutiérrez-Rexach | pp. 187–232
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Superlative adjectives and the licensing of non-modal infinitival subject relativesPetra Sleeman | pp. 233–264
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Sentential complementation of adjectives in FrenchCatherine Léger | pp. 265–306
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Spanish adjectives within boundsRafael Marín | pp. 307–332
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Languages index | pp. 333–334
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Subject index | pp. 335–336
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Subjects & Metadata
BIC Subject: CFK – Grammar, syntax
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General