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Adjectives and boundedness

By Paradis C.

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Автор - Paradis C.Издательство - Cognitive Linguistics.2001. №12-117 стрАннотацияThis paper examines the significance of the schematic domain of BOUNDEDNESS inadjectives. It is proposed that boundedness in adjectives is a fundamental characteristicassociated with gradability. Cross-categorial correspondences are made to nouns andverbs, where boundedness is a feature of countability and aktionsart respectively. Twobasic types of gradable adjectives are distinguished: those which are associated with aboundary and those which are not. It is also shown that it is possible to change theconfiguration of adjectives in terms of boundedness through contextual modulation.Finally, it is demonstrated that the configuration of adjectives in terms of boundariesmay dominate their interpretation at the expense of the content proper, and theadjectives become more like function words than content words.СодержаниеAdjectives and the cognitive approachGradability and boundedness in adjectivesContextual modulation and coercion

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