Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology

150 Paulette Levy

TABLE i. Diagnostics that

Head of Predicate* (§2)

TAM * (§2)

Attributive modifier of N*
(§2.1.1)

Attributive modifier of N
with xa- (§2.1.5)

Head of NP* (§2.1.2)

Null-headed NP with xa-
(§2.15)
Inflection for possession
(§2.1.3)
Pluralization with -N 1
-nV:n l-ni:tni, etc.
(§2.1.4)

Distributive lak-llaq-
(§2.1.4)

Copula Complements*
(§2.2)

Compl. of semi-copula tasi:'
looks' (§2.3)

Instensifier and other ADV
(§2.2)

Secondary predication*
(§2.3)

Comparative of inequality
with katu:ni (§2.4)

Comparative of equali-
ty with adverb la: like'
(§2.4)
Superlative (§2.4)

distinguish between

Nouns

no

no

no

yes

yes

no

yes

yes

Semantic class of

AGE for animate

nouns

yes

Deverbative N of

result with xa-

basic N: no

no

Deverbative N of

result with xa-

basic N: no

no

yes

no

adjectives, nouns, and verbs

Adjectives

no

no

yes

yes

no

yes

no

Semantic class of

DIMENSION;

Semantic class of AGE

and SOCIAL STATUS of

animate nouns

all

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

With nominalization

Xfl-ADJ

Verbs

yes

yes

no

no

no

no

no

no

Derived V:

V<V

V<ADJ

no

no

yes

no

no

no

no

*No extra structural apparatus needed