Adjectives and adverbs [[electronic resource] ] : syntax, semantics, and discourse / / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy
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| Titolo: |
Adjectives and adverbs [[electronic resource] ] : syntax, semantics, and discourse / / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 415/.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjective |
| Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverb | |
| Semantics | |
| Pragmatics | |
| Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
McNallyLouise <1965->
KennedyChristopher <1967->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Adjectives and adverbs |
| ISBN: | 1-281-34149-5 |
| 9786611341497 | |
| 0-19-152636-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451430303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; ; 19.