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The positions of adjectives in English /

This is a study of the uses of adjectives in different constructions, and of the problems that arise in their analysis, both in terms of syntactic theory and philosophy of grammar. The book draws and builds on previous analyses and offers solutions to a range of issues relating to the position of ad...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Matthews, P. H. (Peter Hugoe) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
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505 0 |a Cover -- The Positions of Adjectives in English -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- How far have uses diverged? -- Are there other positions? -- Prospectus -- 2: Which words are adjectives? -- Adjectives as added to nouns -- Conversion -- 3: Can one position be primary? -- Adjectives as basically attributive -- Adjectives in early generative grammar -- Adjectives in underlying structures -- Is there a conclusion? -- 4: How the syntax of adjectives has changed -- Adjectives in Middle English 
505 8 |a The attributive position in Modern EnglishPredication and attribution -- 5: Modifiers and determiners -- How linguists have described determiners -- Why divisions can be uncertain -- Are determiners a part of speech? -- 6: Relations between premodifiers -- Sequences and coordination -- Combinations of premodifiers -- Modifiers and submodifiers -- 7: Linear and layered dependency -- Is there evidence for layering? -- Linking within sequences -- Links to a head -- 8. Adjectives in extended predicative positions -- Predicative complements 
505 8 |a Object complements or small clauses?Subject complements -- 9: States and occurrences -- Which adjectives take the progressive? -- Copular clauses -- 10: The positions of modifiers -- Rules and exceptions -- Single adjectives as postmodifiers -- 11: Envoi -- References -- Index 
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