The adjectival category : criteria for differentiation and identification
D N S Bhat
This monograph sets out (i) to establish criteria for differentiating adjectives from other word-classes for languages in which they form a distinct category, and (ii) to establish criteria for determining their (non- )identity with words from other categories for languages in which they do not. As languages show various gradations in the extent to which adjectives can be distinguished from other word-classes, the author discusses idealized language types, thereby providing a model for the analysis of natural languages. The book argues that adjectives do not uniformly show all differentiating ch.
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Year:
1994
Publisher:
John Benjamins
Language:
english
Pages:
295
ISBN 10:
9027298807
ISBN 13:
9789027298805
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PDF, 1.25 MB
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english, 1994