Adjectives and adverbs : syntax, semantics, and discourse / / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• Altri autori: McNallyLouise <1965-> KennedyChristopher <1967->
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.; Previously issued in print: 2008.
• 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: Bringing together research on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, this text integrates lexical and compositional semantics and provides a full account of the structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs.
• Titolo autorizzato: Adjectives and adverbs
• ISBN: 1-383-03496-6; 1-281-34149-5; 9786611341497; 0-19-152636-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812500903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford linguistics.; Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; ; 19.