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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 November 2015
      12 November 2015
      ISBN:
      9780511842184
      9781107009752
      9780521264167
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511842184
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.57kg, 346 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 346 Pages
      • Series:
      Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
      Subjects:
      Language and Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics
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    Series:
    Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
    Subjects:
    Language and Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics
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    Modifiers and modification have been a major focus of inquiry for as long as the formal study of semantics has existed, and remain at the heart of major theoretical debates in the field. Modification offers comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics, including vagueness and gradability, comparatives and degree constructions, the lexical semantics of adjectives and adverbs, crosscategorial regularities, and the relation between meaning and syntactic category. Morzycki guides the reader through the varied and sometimes mysterious phenomena surrounding modification and the ideas that have been proposed to account for them. Presenting disparate approaches in a consistent analytical framework, this accessibly written work, which includes an extensive glossary of technical terms, is essential reading for researchers and students of all levels in linguistics, the philosophy of language and psycholinguistics.

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    ‘Morzycki's discussion of modification is a beautifully written microcosm of the semantic enterprise as a whole. It leaves the reader with the sense that this is an exciting and burgeoning field on the brink of new discoveries.'

    Alan Bale - Concordia University, Montréal

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