Melania S. Masià
List of John Benjamins publications for which Melania S. Masià plays a role.
Articles
2019 Chapter 15. A typology of evaluative nouns Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 15: Selected papers from 'Going Romance' 30, Frankfurt, Feldhausen, Ingo, Martin Elsig, Imme Kuchenbrandt and Mareike Neuhaus (eds.), pp. 295–312 | Chapter
Evaluative nouns (ENs, idiota ‘idiot’, matasanos ‘quack’) do not only assign a property, but also express a value judgment. A degree analysis (Bolinger 1972; Matushansky 2002; Morzycki 2009) encounters some problems, such as the controversial status of nominal gradability and the relation between… read more
2018 From completely free to complete freedom: Spanish adjectives of completeness as maximizers of property concept nouns Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 13: Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’ 29, Nijmegen, Berns, Janine, Haike Jacobs and Dominique Nouveau (eds.), pp. 225–244 | Chapter
Maximizers (completely, fully) are degree modifiers sensitive to the scale structure of the adjective they combine with. Spanish adjectives of completeness (completo ‘complete’, total ‘total’) show a distribution similar to that of their adverbial counterparts when modifying property concept [PC]… read more