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Where Have all the Adjectives Gone?

 | Australian National University
Published online: 1 January 1977
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.1.1.04dix
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Theoretical Preliminaries
    • 2.1The Priority of Semantics
    • 2.2Semantic Types
    • 2.3Examples of syntactic properties
    • 2.4Part of Speech Membership
    • 2.5Semantic Types and Parts of Speech
    • 2.6Summary
    • 2.7Procedure to be Followed
  • 3.Adjective Types in English
    • 3.1Kind of Semantic Opposition Involved
    • 3.2Derivations with un-
    • 3.3Occurrence with -ish
    • 3.4Inchoative and Causative Derivatives
    • 3.5Order of Adjectives in an NP
    • 3.6Derived Adverbs
    • 3.7Topic-Manner Constructions
    • 3.8Comparison of Derived Adverbs
    • 3.9Summary
  • 4.ADJECTIVE TYPES IN OTHER LANGUAGES
    • 4.1Data
    • 4.2Commentary
    • 4.3Universal part of speech membership of the semantic types
    • 4.4Adjectival and Verbal Languages
    • 4.5Summary of Conclusions
    • 4.6Semantic Neutralisation
  • 5.PROSPECT
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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