1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699384903321

Titolo

The economic outlook [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, May 5, 2009

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 50 pages)

Collana

S. hrg. ; ; 111-195

Soggetti

Financial crises - United States

Economic stabilization - United States

Consumer credit - United States

United States Economic conditions 2009-

United States Economic policy 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 13, 2010).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777024603321

Titolo

Adjectives and adverbs [[electronic resource] ] : syntax, semantics, and discourse / / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-03496-6

1-281-34149-5

9786611341497

0-19-152636-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; ; 19

Altri autori (Persone)

McNallyLouise <1965->

KennedyChristopher <1967->

Disciplina

415/.5

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjective

Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverb

Semantics

Pragmatics

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

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. [329]-349) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; General Preface; Acknowledgments; Figures and Tables; The Authors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The position of adjectives and other phrasal modifiers in the decomposition of DP; 3. Ezafe and the deep position of nominal modifiers; 4. Meaning-form correlations and adjective position in Spanish; 5. Nonrestrictive modifiers in non-parenthetical positions; 6. Adjectives and degree modification; 7. Measure of change: The adjectival core of degree achievements; 8. Aspectual composition with degrees; 9. Manner modification of state verbs

10. Towards flexible types with constraints for manner and factive adverbs11. Lexical semantics and pragmatics of evaluative adverbs; 12. Discourse adjectives; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 at graduate level and above. - ;In this volume leading researchers present new work on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, and their interfaces with syntax. Its concerns include the semantics of gradability; the relationship between adjectival scales and verbal aspect; the relat