Meaning of Syntax - A Study in the Adjectives of English

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Connor Ferris

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ferris, Connor Ferris, Ferris Connor
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138181397
• ISBN: 978-1-138-18139-7
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Longman Linguistics Library; Longman Linguistics Library
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar & vocabulary, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Grammar, syntax and morphology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary