Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology
318 Randy J. LaPolla and Chenglong Huang adjective combination, e.g. [ma-na-wa] (negative + good' + 'very') 'very not good' (thi ...
13 Adjectives in Qiang 319 (37) (c) (a) tea-basta still-slow/late 'relatively slow/late' ma-tea-fifa NEG-still-small 'not so sma ...
32O Randy J. LaPolla and Chenglong Huang the verbs, and can sometimes be marked by /-pi/ or [-ji ~ tei]. Generally manner adverb ...
TABLE i. Characteristics of the main form classes Nouns Adverbs Able to take (in)definite marking (ยง4) Able to take numeral-clas ...
322 Randy J. LaPolla and Chenglong Huang References DIXON, R. M. W. 1982. Where have all the adjectives gone? and other essays i ...
14 ADJECTIVES IN LAO N. J. Enfield It has been suggested that in every language one may establish, on morphosyn- tactic grounds, ...
324 N. J. Enfield TABLE i. Distinguishing properties of the substantive and verb classes Property Substantives Verbs Can be head ...
14 Adjectives in Lao 325 Two major categories of the Lao lexicon are substantives and verbs. Substan- tives typically refer to t ...
326 N. I. Enfield (3) *na0-thaam nan.2 si0 khom miiang2 phiim monk DEM.NONPROX IRR person district P. (That monk will (be) a Phi ...
14 Adjectives in Lao 327 (11) (a) cooks tok2 cup fall 'fallen cup' ('cup which has fallen') (b) cooks qans tok2 cup CL fall 'the ...
328 N. I. Enfield Examples (i4b) and (140) have an 'appositional' feel, as conveyed by the English translations. Also note that ...
14 Adjectives in Lao 329 FIGURE 2. A taxonomy of Lao verb sub-types While all Lao verbs display these properties, they vary with ...
33 o N. J. Enfield (17) khoojs si0 puk2 hiiam ISG IRR build house 'I will build a house.' (18) khoojs si0 naangi ISG IRR walk 'I ...
14 Adjectives in Lao 331 (27) khoojs daj0 puk2 hiiam ISG ACHV build house 'I did/got to build a house.' (28) khoojs da/0 naangi ...
332 N. J. Enfield (36) khoojs phopi mam Ieew4 ISG meet 380 PFV 'I met him already.' (37) khoojs puk2 huam Ieew4 ISG build house ...
14 Adjectives in Lao 333 All verbs maybe used alone as affirmative responses to polar questions (i.e. as 'yes- answers'), as ill ...
334 N. J. Enfield 4 Characteristics of the adjective sub-class of verbs Lao adjectives have all the defining properties of verbs ...
14 Adjectives in Lao 335 (b) qaaJ4 khoojs jaak$ leeni O.BRO ISG want run 'My brother wants to run.' (NOT: My brother somewhat ru ...
336 N. I. Enfield HUMAN PROPENSITY kengi 'adept', salaat$ 'clever', ngooi 'stupid', nguangi 'sleepy', etc. (many more: large cla ...
14 Adjectives in Lao 337 None of the other verb sub-classes allow Type A reduplication. Many adjectives also cannot occur with T ...
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