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ISBN10: 0199203466, ISBN13: 9780199203468, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. 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 Laoare 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 thenreconsidered 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 anyoneinterested in adjectives and the ...
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Oxford University Press, USA 2006 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 392 p. Contains: Unspecified. Explorations in Language and Space, 1.
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Paperback / softback. New. 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. ISBN 0199203466 9780199203468 [GB]
ISBN10: 0199203466, ISBN13: 9780199203468, [publisher: OUP Oxford] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The studies in this volume suggest that every language has an adjective class, but these vary in character and in size. In its grammatical properties, an adjective class may beas similar to nouns, or to verbs, or to both, or to neither.ze. Whereas in some languages the adjective class is large and can be freely added to, in others it is small and closed. with just a dozen or so members. The book will interest scholars and advanced students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of adjectives. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2006]
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