Degree modification across categories in Afrikaans
| Autor: | Nouwen, R.W.F., Berghoff, Robyn, Bylinina, E.G., McNabb, Y., ILS LLI |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language 05 social sciences Grammatical category degree modification Language and Linguistics Linguistics Lexical item Predicate (grammar) Adjunct gradability 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Afrikaans 0305 other medical science Food Science Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Language Variation and Change, 20(1), 102. Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0954-3945 |
| Popis: | The paper presents an analysis of the Afrikaans degree modifier baie ‘very/much/many’. Baie appears to be a single lexical item with a wide distribution in terms of the categories of gradable predicate with which it can combine. However, the paper shows that two syntactically distinct instances of baie should be distinguished. These instances of baie portion out the modification of different grammatical categories between them: one, a head, exclusively modifies gradable adjectives, and the other, an adjunct, modifies the remaining categories of gradable predicate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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