Adjectives and adverbs : syntax, semantics, and discourse / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy.
This book brings together research on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs. It integrates lexical and compositional semantics and provides a full account of the structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs. It will interest students in linguistics and philosophy...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 19. |
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| Summary: | This book brings together research on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs. It integrates lexical and compositional semantics and provides a full account of the structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs. It will interest students in linguistics and philosophy at graduate level and above. - ;In this volume leading researchers present new work on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, and their interfaces with syntax. Its concerns include the semantics of gradability; the relationship between adjectival scales and verbal aspect; the relat. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 354 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191526367 0191526363 1281341495 9781281341495 9786611341497 6611341498 |
| Language: | English. |