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Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

By Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald , R. M. W. Dixon

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2004
ISBN
0199203466, 9780199203468
Open Library ID
OL7402925M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4390541 bytes)
Series
Explorations in Linguistic Typology
Pages
393\393
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Типология и сопост

Description

The studies in this volume suggest that every language has an adjective class, but these vary in character and in size. In its grammatical properties, an adjective class may beas similar to nouns, or to verbs, or to both, or to neither.ze. Whereas in some languages the adjective class is large and can be freely added to, in others it is small and closed. with just a dozen or so members. The book will interest scholars and advanced students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of adjectives.

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