Full Description
The Syntax of Dutch will be published in at least seven volumes in the period 2012-2016 and aims at presenting a synthesis of the currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned with language description and not with linguistic theory, and provides support to all researchers interested in matters relating to the syntax of Dutch, including advanced students of language and linguistics. The volume Adjectives and Adjective Phrases discusses the internal make-up as well as the distribution of adjective phrases. Topics that will be covered include: complementation and modification of adjective phrases; comparative and superlative formation; the attributive, predicative and adverbial uses of adjective phrases. Special attention is paid to the so-called partitive genitive construction and the adverbial use of past/passive participles and infinitives.
Contents
Abbreviations and symbols, Preface and acknowledgments 1. General introduction 2. Main objective 3. Intended readership 4. Object of description 5. Organization of the material 6. History of the project and future prospects 7. Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Adjectives: characteristics and classification Chapter 2 Projection of adjective phrases I: Complementation Chapter 3 Projection of adjective phrases II: Modification Chapter 4 Projection of adjective phrases III: Comparison Chapter 5 Attributive use of the adjective phrase Chapter 6 Predicative use of the adjective phrase Chapter 7 The partitive genitive construction Chapter 8 Adverbial use of the adjective phrase Chapter 9 Participles and infinitives: their adjectival use Chapter 10 Special Constructions Glossary, Subject index, References.
