The adjectival category criteria for differentiation and identification - Bhat, D. N. S. (John Benjamins, 1994)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and indexes
THE ADJECTIVAL CATEGORY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Part one. Adjectives as a distinct category; Chapter 2. Criteria for differentiation; Chapter 3. Differentiation from nouns; Chapter 4. Differentiation from verbs; Chapter 5. Differentiation from adverbs; Chapter 6. Decategorization of adjectives; Chapter 7. Decategorization of other word classes; Part two. Adjectives as parts of other categories; Chapter 8. Criteria for identification; Chapter 9. Identification with nouns
This monograph sets out (i) to establish criteria for differentiating adjectives from other word-classes for languages in which they form a distinct category, and (ii) to establish criteria for determining their (non- )identity with words from other categories for languages in which they do not. As languages show various gradations in the extent to which adjectives can be distinguished from other word-classes, the author discusses idealized language types, thereby providing a model for the analysis of natural languages. The book argues that adjectives do not uniformly show all differentiating ch