Adjective Classes

The studies in this volume suggest that every language has an adjective class but these vary in character and in size. In its grammatical properties an adjective class may beas similar to nouns or to verbs or to both or to neither.ze. Whereas in some languages the adjective class is large and can be freely added to in others it is small and closed. with just a dozen or so members. The book will interest scholars and advanced students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of adjectives.