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Adjectives and adverbs : syntax, semantics, and discourse /

This book brings together research on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs. It integrates lexical and compositional semantics and provides a full account of the structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs. It will interest students in linguistics and philosophy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McNally, Louise, 1965-, Kennedy, Christopher, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 19.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The position of adjectives and other phrasal modifiers in the decomposition of DP / Peter Svenonius
  • Ezafe and the deep position of nominal modifiers / Richard Larson and Hiroko Yamakido
  • Meaning--form correlations and adjective position in Spanish / Violeta Demonte
  • Nonrestrictive modifiers in non-parenthetical positions / Marcin Morzycki
  • Adjectives and degree modification / Jenny Doetjes
  • Measure of change : the adjectival core of degree achievements / Christopher Kennedy and Beth Levin
  • Aspectual composition with degrees / Christopher Piñón
  • Manner modification of state verbs / Graham Katz
  • Towards flexible types with constraints for manner and factive adverbs / Adam Zachary Wyner
  • Lexical semantics and pragmatics of evaluative adverbs / Olivier Bonami and Danièle Godard
  • Discourse adjectives / Gina Taranto.