Adjectives : Formal Analyses in Syntax and Semantics
Adjectives are comparatively less well studied than the lexical categories of nouns and verbs. The present volume brings together studies in the syntax and semantics of adjectives. Four of the contributions investigate the syntax of adjectives in a variety of languages (English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, and Serbocroatian). The theoretical issues explored include: the syntax of attributive and predicative adjectives, the syntax of nominalized adjectives and...
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Adjectives are comparatively less well studied than the lexical categories of nouns and verbs. The present volume brings together studies in the syntax and semantics of adjectives. Four of the contributions investigate the syntax of adjectives in a variety of languages (English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, and Serbocroatian). The theoretical issues explored include: the syntax of attributive and predicative adjectives, the syntax of nominalized adjectives and the identification of adjectives as a distinct lexical category in Mandarin Chinese. A further four contributions examine different aspects in the semantics of adjectives in English, French, and Spanish, dealing with superlatives, comparatives, and aspect in adjectives. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students in syntax, formal semantics, and language typology.
List of contributorsAdjectives: An introduction Patricia Cabredo Hofherr Hofherr, Patricia Cabredo 1PART I SyntaxSyntactic positions of attributive adjectives Nadira Aljovic Aljovic, Nadira 29The Syntactic differences between long and short forms of Russian adjectives Leonard H. Babby Babby, Leonard H. 53The name of the adjective Isabelle Roy Roy, Isabelle 85Adjectives in Mandarin Chinese: The rehabilitation of a much ostracized category Waltraud Paul Paul, Waltraud 115PART II SemanticsComparisons of similarity and difference Peter Alrenga Alrenga, Peter 155Characterizing superlative quantifiers Javier Gutierrez-Rexach Gutierrez-Rexach, Javier 187Superlative adjectives and the licensing of non-modal infinitival subject relatives Petra Sleeman Sleeman, Petra 233Sentential complementation of adjectives in French Catherine Leger Leger, Catherine 265Spanish adjectives within bounds Rafael Marin Marin, Rafael 307Languages index 333Subject index 335
