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Adjectives in Germanic and Romance /

The Germanic languages display cross-linguistic variation with respect to whether predicative adjectives agree. This paper attempts to determine which component of the grammar is responsible for this variation. In order to do so, it examines three different options: the variation has a lexical sourc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sleeman, Antonia Petronella, Velde, Freek van de, Perridon, Harry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©2014.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 212.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The Germanic languages display cross-linguistic variation with respect to whether predicative adjectives agree. This paper attempts to determine which component of the grammar is responsible for this variation. In order to do so, it examines three different options: the variation has a lexical source, a syntactic source, or is due to an interaction between syntax and morphology. The conclusion the paper reaches is that the variation is either situated in the lexicon or has a morphosyntactic source. A purely syntactic source will, however, be excluded.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027270689
9027270686
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9789027255952
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