03696nam 2200745 a 450 991045143030332120200520144314.01-281-34149-597866113414970-19-152636-3(CKB)1000000000414637(EBL)415056(OCoLC)437092107(SSID)ssj0000097301(PQKBManifestationID)11114169(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097301(PQKBWorkID)10114362(PQKB)10365580(MiAaPQ)EBC415056(PPN)183105346(Au-PeEL)EBL415056(CaPaEBR)ebr10218537(CaONFJC)MIL134149(EXLCZ)99100000000041463720071126d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdjectives and adverbs[electronic resource] syntax, semantics, and discourse /edited by Louise McNally and Christopher KennedyOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (372 p.)Oxford linguisticsOxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;19Description based upon print version of record.0-19-921162-0 0-19-921161-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-349) and index.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 verbs10. Towards flexible types with constraints for manner and factive adverbs11. Lexical semantics and pragmatics of evaluative adverbs; 12. Discourse adjectives; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 relatOxford linguistics.Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;19.Grammar, Comparative and generalAdjectiveGrammar, Comparative and generalAdverbSemanticsPragmaticsGrammar, Comparative and generalSyntaxElectronic books.Grammar, Comparative and generalAdjective.Grammar, Comparative and generalAdverb.Semantics.Pragmatics.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.415/.5McNally Louise1965-168341Kennedy Christopher1967-902698MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451430303321Adjectives and adverbs2017971UNINA