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This book adopts a new approach to a major area of syntax - the way in which adjectives are bound together with other words in phrases or sentences.
List of contents
Preface vii Descriptive signs ix Acknowledgements x Series List xi Chapter 1 The intensional framework of syntax I Chapter 2 Attributive adjectives: the distinction between ascriptive and associative 19 Chapter 3 Predicative and post nominal attributive adjectives 35 Chapter 4 Predicate qualifiers and clausal adjectives 62 Chapter 5 Adverbal and postverbal adjectives 81 Chapter 6 Minor structures 98 Chapter 7 Restrictive and non-restrictive adjectives 117 Chapter 8 Intensional grouping 126 Chapter 9 Extraclausal adjectives and numerals. The interpretation of constructions with have 147 Chapter 10 The semantic distinction between mode and comment 167 Appendix A The elusive nature of syntax 187 Appendix B Towards a formalism for intensional syntax 201 VI Appendix C The identity of the adjective positions References Index of adjectives and adverbs Index
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Connor Ferris
Summary
Part of the Longman Linguistics Library series, this text looks at the meaning of syntax, in particular adjectives in English. It looks at the way in which adjectives work with nouns to construct phrases or sentences and discusses the semantic grammar of English adjectives.
