Crime and its modification : a social learning perspective / Michael T. Nietzel

• Record Nr.: UNISA990001853380203316
• Autore: NIETZEL, Michael T.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York [etc.] : Pergamon press, c1979
• Descrizione fisica: VIII, 301 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
• Collana: Pergamon general psychology series ; 77
• Disciplina: 365.6
• Soggetti: Criminali - Riabilitazione
• Collocazione: II.3. 1570(VI Ps A coll 23/77)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777024603321
• 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