Where have all the adjectives gone? and other essays in semantics and syntax /

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Author / Creator:Dixon, Robert M. W.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Mouton, ©1982.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages)
Language:English
Series:Janua linguarum. Series maior ; 107
Janua linguarum. Series maior ; 107.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11182018
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ISBN:9783110822939
3110822938
902793309X
9789027933096
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
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Summary:Where have All the Adjectives Gone? And Other Essays in Semantics and Syntax.
Other form:Print version: Dixon, Robert M.W. Where have all the adjectives gone? and other essays in semantics and syntax. Berlin ; New York : Mouton, ©1982 902793309X
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Part A; 1. Where have all the adjectives gone?; Part B Nuclear and non-nuclear verbs; 2. A method of semantic description; 3. The semantics of giving; Part C; 4. Syntactic orientation as a semantic property; Part D Nominal classification; 5. Noun classes; 6. Classifiers in Yidiny; 7. Olgolo syllable structure and what they are doing about it; 8. Noun classifiers and noun classes; Part E; 9. Semantic neutralisation for phonological reasons; References; Index