Theoretical Aspects of Computing - ICTAC 2006 [Risorsa elettronica] : Third International Colloquium, Tunis, Tunisia, November 20-24, 2006. Proceedings / edited by Kamel Barkaoui, Ana Cavalcanti, Antonio Cerone

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009240640403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2006
• ISBN: 9783540488163
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Computer Science , 0302-9743 ; 4281
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Risorsa elettronica
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The adjectival category : criteria for differentiation and identification / / D.N.S. Bhat

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956018903321
• Autore: Shankara Bhat D. N. <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994
• ISBN: 1-282-16303-5; 9786612163036; 90-272-9880-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Collana: Studies in language companion series ; ; v. 24
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjective; Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammatical categories
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-285) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: THE ADJECTIVAL CATEGORY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Part one. Adjectives as a distinct category; Chapter 2. Criteria for ; differentiation; Chapter 3. Differentiation from nouns; Chapter 4. Differentiation from verbs; Chapter 5. Differentiation from adverbs; Chapter 6. Decategorization of adjectives; Chapter 7. Decategorization of other word classes; Part two. Adjectives as parts of other categories; Chapter 8. Criteria for identification; Chapter 9. Identification with nouns; Chapter 10. Identification with verbsChapter 11. Identification with nouns and verbs; Chapter 12. Theoretical implications; References; Index of subjects; Index of names; The Series STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES
• Sommario/riassunto: This monograph sets out (i) to establish criteria for differentiating adjectives from other word-classes for languages in which they form a distinct category, and (ii) to establish criteria for determining their (non-)identity with words from other categories for languages in which they do not. As languages show various gradations in the extent to which adjectives can be distinguished from other word-classes, the author discusses idealized language types, thereby providing a model for the analysis of natural languages.The book argues that adjectives do not uniformly show all differentiating ch