| Description |
1 online resource (370 pages) |
| Series |
Explorations in linguistic typology |
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Explorations in linguistic typology.
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| Contents |
Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 ADJECTIVE CLASSES IN TYPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; 2 INFLECTED AND UNINFLECTED ADJECTIVES IN JAPANESE; 3 THE TWO ADJECTIVE CLASSES IN MANANGE; 4 THE ADJECTIVE CLASS IN TARIANA; 5 ADJECTIVES IN MAM; 6 ADJECTIVES IN PAPANTLA TOTONAC; 7 THE SMALL ADJECTIVE CLASS IN JARAWARA; 8 THE RUSSIAN ADJECTIVE: A PERVASIVE YET ELUSIVE CATEGORY; 9 THE ADJECTIVE CLASS IN KOREAN; 10 IS THERE AN ADJECTIVE CLASS IN WOLOF?; 11 ADJECTIVES IN NORTH-EAST AMBAE; 12 ADJECTIVES IN SEMELAI; 13 ADJECTIVES IN QIANG; 14 ADJECTIVES IN LAO |
| Summary |
This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. Thirteen scholars report original research on languages from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The book throws new light on the nature and classification of adjectives and redefines the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation. - ;This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. The opening chapter considers current generalizations about the nature and classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of t |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-
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Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
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| ISBN |
9780191533792 |
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0191533793 |
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9780199203468 |
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0199203466 |
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