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Author Baker, Mark C.

Title Lexical categories : verbs, nouns, and adjectives / Mark C. Baker.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 102
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 102.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-338) and index.
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.
Summary 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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Subject Parts of speech.
Parts of speech.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammatical categories.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammatical categories.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Baker, Mark C. Lexical categories. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003 0521806380 0521001102 (DLC) 2002067074 (OCoLC)49525923
ISBN 0511041772 (electronic book)
9780511041778 (electronic book)
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