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Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology (Hardcover, New)
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Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology (Hardcover, New)
Series: Explorations in Linguistic Typology
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This book shows that every language has an adjective class and
examines how these vary in size and character. The opening chapter
considers current generalizations about the nature and
classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic
parameters of their variation. Thirteen chapters then explore
adjective classes in languages from North, Central and South
America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Studies of
well-known languages such as Russian, Japanese, Korean and Lao are
juxtaposed with the languages of small hunter-gatherer and
slash-and-burn agriculturalist groups. All are based on
fine-grained field research. The nature and typology of adjective
classes are then reconsidered in the conclusion. This pioneering
work shows, among other things, that the grammatical properties of
the adjective class may be similar to nouns or verbs or both or
neither; that some languages have two kinds of adjectives, one hard
to distinguish from nouns and the other from verbs; that the
adjective class can sometimes be large and open, and in other cases
small and closed. The book will interest scholars and advanced
students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of
adjectives. Each book in this series focuses on an aspect of
language that is of current theoretical interest and for which
there has not previously or recently been any full-scale
cross-linguistic study. The series is for typologists,
fieldworkers, and theory developers at graduate level and above.
The books will be suited for use as the basis for advanced seminars
and courses. The subjects of next three volumes will be serial verb
constructions, complementation, and grammars in contact.
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