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Lexical categories : verbs, nouns, and adjectives /

Mark C. Baker investigates the fundamental nature of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. He claims that the various superficial differences that are found in particular languages have a single underlying source which can be used to give better definitions of these 'parts of speech'.

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Main Author: Baker, Mark C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Parts of speech.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Adjective.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammatical categories.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0511041772
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 The problem of the lexical categories; 2 Verbs as licensers of subjects; 3 Nouns as bearers of a referential index; 4 Adjectives as neither nouns nor verbs; 5 Lexical categories and the nature of the grammar; Appendix Adpositions as functional categories; References; Index.

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