Notes on the Semantic Structure of English Adjectives

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7899792
AutoresTalmy Givón (autor de correspondencia)
Año1970
Volumen46
Número4
Páginas816
Fecha de publicación1970-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/412258
OpenAlexW2395866331
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas1

The semantic structure of paired English adjectives is investigated, and the results are extended—or an extension of the result is suggested—to the vast lexicon of derived English adjectives. It is found that English adjectives are not semantic primitives, but rather are semantically based upon or derived from nouns or verbs. Categories of noun-based vs. verb-based adjectives are set up, and then contrasted with the categories of stative vs. active adjectives. It is claimed that the facts of semantic structure of English adjectives support the presence of lexical or pre-lexical transformations which map the deep semantic structure onto the surface lexical items called adjectives

Linguistics · Natural language processing · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Philosophy · Psychology