Meaning of Syntax: A Study in the Adjectives of English

by Connor Ferris

Overview

This book adopts a new approach to a major area of syntax - the way in which adjectives are bound together with other words in phrases or sentences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317894131
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/11/2014
Series:	Longman Linguistics Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	623 KB

About the Author

Connor Ferris

Table of Contents

Preface vii Descriptive signs ix Acknowledgements x Series List xi Chapter 1 The intensional framework of syntax I Chapter 2 Attributive adjectives: the distinction between ascriptive and associative 19 Chapter 3 Predicative and post nominal attributive adjectives 35 Chapter 4 Predicate qualifiers and clausal adjectives 62 Chapter 5 Adverbal and postverbal adjectives 81 Chapter 6 Minor structures 98 Chapter 7 Restrictive and non-restrictive adjectives 117 Chapter 8 Intensional grouping 126 Chapter 9 Extraclausal adjectives and numerals. The interpretation of constructions with have 147 Chapter 10 The semantic distinction between mode and comment 167 Appendix A The elusive nature of syntax 187 Appendix B Towards a formalism for intensional syntax 201 VI Appendix C The identity of the adjective positions References Index of adjectives and adverbs Index