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1.2 Overview of the main theoretical argument in the book |
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2 Nanosyntax: The spell-out procedure |
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6 | (14) |
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9 | (7) |
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2.2 The Exhaustive Lexicalisation Principle |
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16 | (1) |
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2.3 The Superset Principle |
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17 | (3) |
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3 Assumptions about prepositional structures and the projections they introduce |
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20 | (5) |
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3.1 Prepositional structures |
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20 | (2) |
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3.2 Assumptions about case |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 The problem with (complex) adjectives |
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27 | (36) |
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1 Lexical categories: Essentialist and distributionalist theories |
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27 | (7) |
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2 The heterogeneity of the adjectival class |
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34 | (7) |
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3 Against the essentialist definition of adjectives |
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41 | (7) |
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41 | (1) |
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3.2 Absence of positive properties and derived character |
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42 | (2) |
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3.3 Adjectives do not form a natural class in Spanish |
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44 | (4) |
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4 Consequences for morphological analysis |
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48 | (4) |
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5 Head recycling and adjective formation |
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52 | (11) |
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Chapter 3 Denominal relational adjectives |
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63 | (50) |
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64 | (2) |
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2 Empirical properties of relational adjectives |
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66 | (16) |
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3 Analysis: Relational adjectives as incomplete prepositional phrases |
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82 | (12) |
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3.1 The internal syntactic structure of relational adjectives |
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82 | (9) |
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3.2 The spell out of the structure: Phrasal Spell Out and the Superset |
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91 | (3) |
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4 Previous analyses of the internal structure of relational adjectives |
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94 | (7) |
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5 The external syntax of relational adjectives |
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101 | (12) |
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5.1 Deriving the syntactic position of relational adjectives |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (1) |
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5.3 What licenses `Singular + Singular = Plural'? |
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105 | (4) |
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Appendix. Do relational adjectives really have double affixal marking? |
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109 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 Qualifying denominal adjectives I: Possessive and similitudinal adjectives |
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113 | (52) |
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1 Overview of the analysis of qualifying denominal adjectives |
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113 | (5) |
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1.1 On the criteria to determine whether an adjective is qualifying |
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116 | (2) |
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2 Possessive adjectives: Empirical properties |
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118 | (18) |
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2.1 What conceptual notions are expressed as possession? |
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118 | (3) |
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2.2 Conceptual classes of roots in the base and inalienable possession |
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121 | (8) |
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2.3 Possessive adjectives and other classes of denominal adjectives |
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129 | (2) |
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2.4 The readings of degree modifiers |
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131 | (1) |
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2.5 On the existence of privative adjectives |
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132 | (2) |
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2.6 On the relation between participles and possessive adjectives |
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134 | (2) |
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3 Analysis of possessive adjectives |
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136 | (10) |
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3.1 Possessive adjectives and possessive structures |
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137 | (4) |
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3.2 The relation with the participle |
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141 | (2) |
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3.3 Underspecification: How it is solved |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (1) |
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4 Similitudinal adjectives: Empirical properties |
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146 | (10) |
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4.1 Conceptual properties |
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147 | (9) |
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4.2 Structural properties: Incapacity to combine with negative prefixes |
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156 | (1) |
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5 Analysis of similitudinal adjectives |
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156 | (9) |
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5.1 SimP as a vagueness function |
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158 | (2) |
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5.2 Similitudinal adjectives as vague predicates |
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160 | (3) |
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5.3 The absence of negative similitudinal adjectives |
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163 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Qualifying denominal adjectives II: Causative and dispositional denominal adjectives |
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165 | (42) |
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166 | (8) |
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166 | (6) |
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172 | (2) |
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2 Dispositional denominal adjectives |
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174 | (11) |
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174 | (2) |
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2.2 Qualia structure is involved (at least) in dispositional denominal adjectives |
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176 | (5) |
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2.3 Analysis: The suffix -ista |
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181 | (4) |
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3 Why only four conceptual classes of qualifying denominal adjectives? |
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185 | (9) |
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3.1 Hyper-specific denominal adjectivalisers as evidence for a conceptual distinction |
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188 | (1) |
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3.2 Against a syntactic decomposition approach |
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189 | (3) |
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3.3 Against an account based on scalar properties |
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192 | (2) |
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4 Affixes that produce adjectives of two or more classes |
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194 | (6) |
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196 | (4) |
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5 A brief note on parasynthesis |
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200 | (7) |
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Chapter 6 Deverbal adjectives: Pseudo-relational adjectives |
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207 | (34) |
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1 Overview of the analysis of deverbal adjectives |
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207 | (3) |
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2 The problem of non-episodicity |
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210 | (12) |
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2.1 Deverbal adjectives are (mostly) non-episodic |
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210 | (5) |
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2.2 Getting non-episodicity for free |
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215 | (7) |
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3 There are deverbal relational adjectives |
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222 | (3) |
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4 Deverbal relational adjectives: Description |
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225 | (11) |
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4.1 Affixes, preferred readings and the availability of qualifying versions |
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225 | (5) |
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4.2 Argument structure realisation |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (4) |
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5 Pseudo-relational adjectives: Analysis |
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236 | (5) |
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Chapter 7 Qualifying deverbal adjectives I: Modal adjectives |
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241 | (46) |
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1 Overview of the analysis for qualifying deverbal adjectives |
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241 | (1) |
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2 Against a syntactic decomposition of the three classes of qualifying deverbal adjectives |
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242 | (7) |
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2.1 The readings can be ordered by their semantic complexity |
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243 | (2) |
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2.2 However, the syntactic complexity does not increase |
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245 | (4) |
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3 Modal adjectives: Empirical description |
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249 | (15) |
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3.1 Internal arguments and accusative case |
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251 | (3) |
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3.2 Passive and active interpretations: Modal adjectives must be passive |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (4) |
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3.4 Aspectual modification |
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260 | (1) |
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3.5 Potentiality and obligation |
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260 | (3) |
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263 | (1) |
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4 Modal adjectives: Analysis |
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264 | (20) |
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4.1 Against AspP and ModP |
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267 | (4) |
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4.2 Potentiality and passive construals: Connection with middles |
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271 | (6) |
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4.3 Deriving the other properties |
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277 | (7) |
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5 On the difference between -dero and -ble |
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284 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Qualifying deverbal adjectives II: Dispositional and habitual adjectives |
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287 | (24) |
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1 Dispositional adjectives against habitual adjectives: Animacy |
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287 | (6) |
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2 Dispositional adjectives: Description and analysis |
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293 | (9) |
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294 | (3) |
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297 | (5) |
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3 Habitual adjectives: Description and analysis |
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302 | (9) |
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Chapter 9 On the episodic reading of participles |
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311 | (30) |
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1 Overview of the analysis |
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311 | (1) |
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2 What this chapter is not about |
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312 | (3) |
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3 Two classes of deverbal adjectives and two classes of deverbal nouns |
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315 | (4) |
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4 The structure of adjectival participles in -do |
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319 | (14) |
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4.1 Against Voice in participial formations |
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321 | (1) |
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4.2 AspP does not involve a specific aspectual value |
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322 | (1) |
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4.3 The productivity of high adjectival participles |
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323 | (5) |
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4.4 The affix -do as a prepositional structure |
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328 | (1) |
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4.5 Pseudo-incorporation of by-phrases |
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329 | (3) |
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4.6 The verbal nature of low adjectival participles |
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332 | (1) |
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5 Episodic adjectives with -nte and -dor |
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333 | (8) |
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5.1 Episodic adjectives with -nte |
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333 | (5) |
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5.2 Episodic readings with -dor |
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338 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Conclusions and further research paths |
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341 | (12) |
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1 Main conclusions in the book |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (10) |
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2.1 The position of adjectives and the position of prepositional structures |
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343 | (3) |
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2.2 Agreement, adjectives and determiners |
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346 | (1) |
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347 | (2) |
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2.4 Parasynthesis, theme vowels and other current mysteries |
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349 | (4) |
References |
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353 | (22) |
Index |
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