Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

The studies in this volume suggest that every language has an adjective class, but these vary in character and in size. In its grammatical properties, an adjective class may beas similar to nouns, or to verbs, or to both, or to neither.ze. Whereas in some languages the adjective class is large and can be freely added to, in others it is small and closed. with just a dozen or so members. The book will interest scholars and advanced students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of adjectives.


Author: R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 07/13/2006
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.24w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780199203468

About the Author

R. M. W. Dixon is Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. He has published grammars of a number of Australian languages (including Dyirbal and Yidi

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