Modification

An accessible guide to the linguistic semantics of adjectives, adverbs, gradability, vagueness, comparatives, and modification more generally.

List of contents

1. Preliminaries; 2. The lexical semantics of adjectives: more than just scales; 3. Vagueness, degrees, and gradable predicates; 4. Comparatives and their kin; 5. Adverbs; 6. Crosscategorial concerns; 7. Taking stock.

About the author

Marcin Morzycki is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Michigan State University.

Summary

Modification offers a thorough and accessible exploration of what adjectives and adverbs mean, how they interact with what they modify, and how language expresses the inherent gradience of the world. An invaluable addition to the field for students and researchers in linguistics, the philosophy of language and psycholinguistics.

Product details

• Authors: Marcin Morzycki, Marcin (Michigan State University) Morzycki, Morzycki Marcin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9780521264167
• ISBN: 978-0-521-26416-7
• No. of pages: 345
• Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc