Adjectives : formal analyses in syntax and semantics / / edited by Patricia Cabredo Hofherr, Ora Matushansky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964654203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010
• ISBN: 9786612558573; 9781282558571; 1282558579; 9789027288349; 9027288348
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 331 p
• Collana: Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today ; ; 153
• Classificazione: 17.50
• Altri autori (Persone): Cabredo HofherrPatricia <1970->; MatushanskyOra
• Disciplina: 415/.5
• Soggetti: English language - Adjective; English language - Syntax; Semantics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Adjectives: an introduction / Patricia Cabredo Hofherr -- Syntactic positions of attributive adjectives / Nadira Aljović -- The Syntactic differences between long and short forms of Russian adjectives / Leonard H. Babby -- The name of the adjective / Hagit Borer & Isabelle Roy -- Adjectives in Mandarin Chinese: The rehabilitation of a much ostracized category / Waltraud Paul -- Comparisons of similarity and difference / Peter Alrenga -- Characterizing superlative quantifiers / Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach -- Superlative adjectives and the licensing of non-modal infinitival subject relatives / Petra Sleeman -- Sentential complementation of adjectives in French / Catherine Léger -- Spanish adjectives within bounds / Rafael Marín.
• Sommario/riassunto: Adjectives are comparatively less well studied than the lexical categories of nouns and verbs. The present volume brings together studies in the syntax and semantics of adjectives. Four of the contributions investigate the syntax of adjectives in a variety of languages (English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Hebrew, ; Russian, Spanish, and Serbocroatian). The theoretical issues explored include: the syntax of attributive and predicative adjectives, the syntax of nominalized adjectives and the identification of adjectives as a distinct lexical category in Mandarin Chinese. A further four contributions examine different aspects in the semantics of adjectives in English, French, and Spanish, dealing with superlatives, comparatives, and aspect in adjectives. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students in syntax, formal semantics, and language typology.