The Positions of Adjectives in English

by P.H. Matthews and Peter Hugoe Matthews

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199681597
• ISBN13: 9780199681594
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.3"