Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

✍ Scribed by R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 393
• Series: Explorations in Linguistic Typology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Notes on the Contributors......Page 13
Abbreviations......Page 18
1 Word classes......Page 24
2 Basic clause types and core arguments......Page 28
3 Distinguishing noun and verb......Page 31
4 The adjective class......Page 32
5 Attitudes towards adjectives......Page 35
6 Criteria for recognizing an adjective class......Page 37
7 Languages with restricted functional possibilities for adjectives......Page 51
8 Languages with two adjective classes......Page 53
9 Correlations with other grammatical parameters......Page 55
10 Semantic overlapping between word classes......Page 59
11 The individual studies in this volume......Page 63
12 Conclusions......Page 67
References......Page 68
1 Introduction......Page 73
2 Grammatical properties of adjective types......Page 74
3 Multiple membership......Page 86
4 Wider linguistic features of adjective types......Page 88
5 Conclusions......Page 94
References......Page 96
1 Typological overview......Page 97
2 Basic description and semantic analysis of simple and verb-like adjective classes......Page 98
3 Phonological, morphological, and syntactic properties of simple adjectives......Page 104
4 Phonological, morphological, and syntactic properties of verb-like adjectives......Page 111
References......Page 118
1 Preliminaries......Page 120
2 Properties of verbs and nouns......Page 121
3 Adjectives and their properties......Page 129
4 Semantic overlap......Page 145
5 Summary......Page 146
References......Page 147
1 General grammatical characteristics of Mam......Page 148
2 The grammar of adjectives......Page 150
3 Semantics......Page 163
4 Conclusions......Page 168
References......Page 169
6 ADJECTIVES IN PAPANTLA TOTONAC......Page 170
1 The language......Page 171
2 Syntax......Page 172
3 Word formation and semantic classes......Page 180
4 Deadjectival derivations......Page 191
References......Page 197
7 THE SMALL ADJECTIVE CLASS IN JARAWARA......Page 200
1 Clause structure......Page 201
2 Predicate structure......Page 202
3 Word classes......Page 204
4 Noun phrase structure......Page 206
5 The adjective class......Page 209
References......Page 220
2 Typological profile of Russian......Page 222
4 Identifying the adjective (syntax and sources)......Page 223
5 Properties of inflectional morphology......Page 224
7 Further syntactic properties of adjectives......Page 228
9 Usage......Page 234
10 Semantic types......Page 235
11 Adjectival outliers......Page 241
References......Page 242
1 A typological profile of Korean......Page 246
2 The adjective class in Korean......Page 247
3 Grammatical properties of the adjective class......Page 250
4 Semantics of the adjective class......Page 259
References......Page 264
1 Introduction......Page 265
2 The verbal system of Wolof......Page 267
3 Relative clauses......Page 273
4 Adjectival verbs......Page 278
5 Summary and conclusions......Page 283
References......Page 284
2 Typological profile......Page 286
3 The class 'adjective'......Page 287
4 Criteria for distinguishing adjectives from other verb classes......Page 290
5 Marking the same for adjectives and active verbs......Page 301
6 Semantic types......Page 302
8 Ordering of adjectives in the NP......Page 304
References......Page 305
2 Typological profile......Page 306
3 The adjective class in Semelai......Page 310
4 Grammatical properties......Page 316
5 The semantic content of the adjective class......Page 324
6 Expressives......Page 326
7 The ordering of adjectives......Page 327
References......Page 328
1 Introduction......Page 329
2 Semantics......Page 330
3 Functioning as predicate......Page 332
4 Functioning as head of an NP......Page 337
5 Functioning as modifier of a noun......Page 339
6 Adverbial modification of adjectives......Page 340
7 Adverbial phrases......Page 342
8 Summary......Page 343
References......Page 345
1 Introductory remarks on Lao......Page 346
2 Preliminaries on nominals and noun phrase structure......Page 348
3 The class of verbs in Lao......Page 351
4 Characteristics of the adjective sub-class of verbs......Page 357
5 Derivation......Page 365
References......Page 369
1 Introduction......Page 371
2 Eurocentrism, and descriptive tradition in the Asia-Pacific region......Page 372
3 Adjectives in languages described in this volume......Page 373
4 Intransitive predicate vs. copula (and verbless clauses)......Page 374
6 Comparative......Page 376
7 Intensifier......Page 377
9 Adjectives functioning as head of noun phrase......Page 378
10 Noun phrase modification......Page 379
11 Size and openness of adjective (sub-)classes......Page 380
13 Adjectives by any other name? Evidence for an independent class of attributive-only adjectives......Page 381
References......Page 384
H......Page 386
S......Page 387
Z......Page 388
M......Page 389
Z......Page 390
C......Page 391
N......Page 392
W......Page 393

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Типология и сопоставительное языкознание;