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    The Positions of Adjectives in English by Matthews, P. H.;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 18 December 2014

    • ISBN 9780199681594
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages202 pages
    • Size 241x163x17 mm
    • Weight 470 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This book is a study of 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. It draws and builds on previous analyses and offers solutions to a range of issues relating to the position of adjectives in English.

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    Long description:

    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.

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    Table of Contents:

    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 positions of premodifiers
    Envoi

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