Adjective classes : a cross-linguistic typology
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Adjective classes : a cross-linguistic typology
（Explorations in linguistic typology, v. 1）（Oxford linguistics）
Oxford University Press, 2006, c2004
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"First published 2004. First published in paperback 2006"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 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 is then reconsidered in the conclusion. The authors reveal 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; and 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.
'Dixon's introductory chapter, "Adjectival classes in typological perspective", is clearly destined to be a classic in the field.... This volume will clearly be useful to anyone interested in adjectives and the nature of linguistic categorization.' Gary Holton, Linguist List
Table of Contents
- 1. Adjective Classes in Typological Perspective
- 2. Inflected and Uninflected Adjective in Japanese
- 3. The Two Adjective Classes in Manange
- 4. The Adjective Class in Tariana
- 5. Adjectives in Mam
- 6. Adjectives in Papantla Totonac
- 7. The Small Adjective Class in Jarawara
- 8. The Russian Adjective: A Pervasive yet Elusive Category
- 9. The Adjective Class in Korean
- 10. Is There an Adjective Class in Wolof?
- 11. Adjectives in North-East Ambae
- 12. Adjectives in Semelai
- 13. Adjectives in Qiang
- 14. Adjectives in Lao
- 15. Adjective Classes: What Can we Conclude?
- References
- Author Index
- Language and Language Family Index
- Subject Index
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