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Publication details [#5519]

Kiefer, Ferenc. 1978. Adjectives and presuppositions. Theoretical Linguistics 5 (2-3) : 135–173.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adjective | comparative utterance | presupposition

Language as a subject

Polish

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/THLI/html

Annotation

Study of presuppositional properties of adjectives in comparative constructions. On the basis of this presuppositional analysis, a classification of adjectives is proposed. The classification is further supported by evidence form the Polish comparative.