Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology
138 Nora C. England The comparative of adjectives is formed with the relational noun -witz. The adjec- tive is introduced in a n ...
5 Adjectives in Mam 139 They can also occur after the verb: (72) N-ch-ee-tz-tzan pju'n. pROG-I>3pl-go.out-DiR-well untied "Th ...
140 Nora C. England At least one adverb, ojtxa 'a long time ago', can function like an attributive adjective (it lacks any of th ...
5 Adjectives in Mam 141 k'aa 'bitter' kyiw 'hard' meen 'mute' q'iinan 'rich' t'eb' 'thick (liquid)' tx'am 'sour' tzatz 'thick (l ...
142 Nora C. England HUMAN PROPENSITY (cotlt.) Non-roots tx'u'j 'fierce' xmeletz 'inconsistent' xpo'w 'stubborn' Many words for D ...
5 Adjectives in Mam 143 Some may refer to position alone, or to physical characteristics alone, and a few refer to neither (quie ...
144 Nora C. England for other derived adjectives (about forty and twenty, respectively, plus other pos- sibilities from unknown ...
5 Adjectives in Mam 145 (81) kyaqky'ekj 'strong, potent' kyaqmaqmaj 'stuttering' kyaqtz'umtz'aj 'hard, of wood' kyaqtzeky'tzaj ' ...
146 Nora C. England In addition to these characteristics that clearly distinguish adjectives from other classes of words, it sho ...
Adjectives in Papantla Totonac 1 Paulette Levy Papantla Totonac (PT) is spoken by about 80,000 speakers in the region around the ...
148 Paulette Levy MacKay adds that the heads of an NP (a) are the only category that can be inflect- ed for possession and (b) c ...
6 Adjectives in Papantla Totonac 149 2 Syntax Adjectives in PT can be distinguished from verbs with two criteria: (a) they do no ...
150 Paulette Levy TABLE i. Diagnostics that Head of Predicate* (§2) TAM * (§2) Attributive modifier of N* (§2.1.1) Attributive m ...
6 Adjectives in Papantla Totonac 151 (6) kin-pa'xni 'my pig' kin-pa'xni-ka'n 'our pig(s)' *ki-sa'qsi' 'my sweet (one)' Contrast ...
152 Paulette Levy pa:xui:n Adjectival palha' cu'cu'qu ta'nkswa 'side' 'hard' 'red' straight' pa:xtu:[n ]-n i:tni laq-palh'a laq- ...
6 Adjectives in Papantla Totonac 153 2.1.5. While adjectives can modify a noun directly, nouns cannot be attributive modi- fiers ...
154 Paulette Levy Given that in (n), the specifier xa- licenses a noun as an attribute of another noun, in (lib), it triggers th ...
6 Adjectives in Papantla Totonac 155 'You don't understand! It is not possible that whoever is a rabbit will be an elephant!' (C ...
156 Paulette Levy (c) snu:n klaqama:xanalh snu:n k-laqa-ma:xa-nan-lh very i-face-ashame-iNDEROBj-cpL 'I was very ashamed.' 2.3. ...
6 Adjectives in Papantla Totonac 157 (b) *ma:qalhtawaqi:nd tasi': Juan ma:-qalhtawaqa-i:-nan-? ta-si':-ya: Juan CAUS-recite/read ...
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