Adverbs and Adjectives: Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)

McNally, Louise (Editor)/ Kennedy, Chris (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0199211612 / ISBN 13: 9780199211616

Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr, 2008

Beschreibung

1st edition. 376 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Adverbs and Adjectives: Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)
• Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0199211612
• ISBN-13: 9780199211616
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

Leading researchers present new work on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, and their interfaces with syntax.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Louise McNally is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. She is the author of The Semantics of the English Existential Construction (Garland, 1997) and co-editor, with Peter Culicover, of Syntax and Semantics 29: The Limits of Syntax (Academic Press, 1998). Her publications include articles on various aspects of adjectival semantics, the compositional semantics of modifiers, and the interface of semantics with syntax and pragmatics.


Christopher Kennedy is Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Chicago. He is the author of Projecting the Adjective: The Syntax and Semantics of Gradability and Comparison (Garland, 1999) and is a General Editor with Chris Barker of the Oxford series Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics. His publications and research investigate various aspects of scalar meaning and syntax, along with other topics pertaining to the syntax-semantics interface.