Adjective classes : a cross-linguistic typology /

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Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (370 pages).
Language:English
Series:Explorations in linguistic typology
Explorations in linguistic typology.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11189113
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Other authors / contributors:Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-
Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
ISBN:9780191533792
0191533793
9780199203468
0199203466
0199203466
Notes:Originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. Thirteen scholars report original research on languages from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The book throws new light on the nature and classification of adjectives and redefines the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation. - ;This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. The opening chapter considers current generalizations about the nature and classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of t.
Other form:Print version: Adjective classes. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 0199203466 9780199203468