A01=Christopher Kennedy
Absolute Constructions
adjectival
Adjectival Polarity
adjectives
antonymous
Antonymous Pairs
Author_Christopher Kennedy
Brothers Karamazov
Category=CFK
Comparative Clause
Comparative Construction
comparative constructions
Comparative Deletion
Comparative Morpheme
Comparison Class
Degree Argument
Degree Constructions
degree modifiers
Differential Extents
eq_bestseller
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Extent Algebra
extents
formal semantics
gradable
Gradable Adjectives
linguistic measurement theory
Mars Pathfinder Mission
measure
Measure Phrases
negative
Negative Adjectives
Negative Extents
Non-gradable Adjectives
pairs
Partial Ordering Relation
Phrasal Comparatives
polarity
polarity opposition
positive
Positive Extents
scalar predicates
Scope Ambiguities
syntactic analysis of gradable adjectives
Von Stechow
VP Ellipsis
Product details
- ISBN 9780815333494
- Weight: 650g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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First Published in 1999. The main argument presented in this volume is that gradable adjectives like bright, dense and short denote measure functions- functions from objects to abstract representations of measurement, or scales and degrees. This proposal is shown to provide a foundation for principled explanations of a wide range of syntactic and semantic properties of gradable adjectives and the constructions in which they appear, ranging from the syntactic distribution of gradable adjectives to the scopal characteristics of comparatives and the empirical effects of adjectival polarity.
