Where have all the adjectives gone? and other essays in semantics and syntax /
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Author / Creator: | Dixon, Robert M. W. |
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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 |
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