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Tue Aug 31 2004

Books: Syntax/Typology: Dixon, Aikhenvald

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    Message 1: Adjective Classes: Dixon, Aikhenvald

     Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:14:39 -0400 (EDT)
    From: lowri.jones <lowri.jonesoup.com>
    Subject: Adjective Classes: Dixon, Aikhenvald




    Title: Adjective Classes Subtitle: A cross-linguistic typology Series Title: Explorations in Linguistic Typology

    Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us http://www.oup.co.uk

    Book URL: http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-927093-7

    Editor: R.M.W. Dixon, La Trobe University Editor: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, La Trobe University

    Hardback: ISBN: 0199270937, Pages: 288, Price: U.K. � 60.00

    Abstract:

    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.

    Lingfield(s): Syntax Typology Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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