The Syntax of Adjectives: A Comparative Study

by Guglielmo Cinque

A new analysis of adjectives, supported by comparative evidence.

In The Syntax of Adjectives, Guglielmo Cinque offers cross-linguistic evidence that adjectives have two sources. Arguing against the standard view, and reconsidering his own earlier analysis, Cinque proposes that adjectives enter the nominal phase either as "adverbial" modifiers to the noun or as predicates of reduced relative clauses. Some of his evidence comes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514265
• ISBN13: 9780262514262
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher