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This Book Explores The Uses Of Adjectives In Different Constructions, And Of The Problems That Arise In Their Analysis, Both In Terms Of Syntactic Theory And Philosophy Of Grammar. Professor Matthews Also Examines A Variety Of Other Issues Relating To Individual Adjective Positions, Including The Basic Structure Of Noun Phrases And The Justification For Binary Constituents; The Status Of The Copular And Its Uses In The Progressive; The Indeterminacy Of What Were Once Described As Raised Constructions; And The Function Of Postmodifying Adjectives And Adjective Phrases In Relation To Others. The Book Will Be Of Interest To Graduate Students And Researchers In Theoretical And Descriptive Linguistics, Especially Those Focusing On The History Of The English Language And Lexicology. --provided By Publisher. Introduction -- Which Words Are Adjectives? -- Can One Position Be Primary? -- How The Syntax Of Adjectives Has Changed -- Modifiers And Determiners -- Relations Between Premodifiers -- Linear And Layered Dependency -- Adjectives In Extended Predicative Positions -- States And Occurrences -- The Position Of Modifiers -- Envoi. P.h. Matthews. Includes Bibliographical References (page 1

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Author

Matthews, P. H.

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191503801

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction