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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464211003321

Autore

Dixon Robert M. W

Titolo

Where have all the adjectives gone? [[electronic resource] ] : and other essays in semantics and syntax / / R.M.W. Dixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton, c1982

ISBN

3-11-082293-8

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Janua Linguarum. Series Maior ; ; 107

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Semantics

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Electronic books.

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. [239]-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Part A -- 1. Where have all the adjectives gone? -- Part B Nuclear and non-nuclear verbs -- 2. A method of semantic description -- 3. The semantics of giving -- Part C -- 4. Syntactic orientation as a semantic property -- Part D Nominal classification -- 5. Noun classes -- 6. Classifiers in Yidiny -- 7. Olgolo syllable structure and what they are doing about it -- 8. Noun classifiers and noun classes -- Part E -- 9. Semantic neutralisation for phonological reasons -- References -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Where have All the Adjectives Gone? And Other Essays in Semantics and Syntax