{"product_id":"2026200012283-secondhand-where-have-all-the-adjectives-gone-and-other-essays-in-semantics-and-syntax","title":"Where Have All The Adjectives Gone?: And Other Essays In Semantics And Syntax","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean for a language to have adjectives — and what happens when it doesn't? In Where Have All the Adjectives Gone? and Other Essays in Semantics and Syntax, renowned Australian linguist R. M. W. Dixon presents a provocative and rigorous collection of essays that interrogate the fundamental structures of human language. The title essay, a landmark contribution to linguistic typology, argues that adjectives do not constitute a universal grammatical category, challenging long-held assumptions about the building blocks of grammar. Dixon draws on an extraordinary breadth of cross-linguistic data — from English to obscure Amazonian and Australian Aboriginal languages — to construct a compelling, evidence-driven case about how meaning and structure interact across the world's languages.\n\nPublished as part of the prestigious Janua Linguarum series under Mouton Publishers, this collection stands as a testament to Dixon's meticulous fieldwork and his gift for transforming dense syntactic and semantic analysis into intellectually invigorating argument. His prose is precise yet accessible, combining the authority of a seasoned fieldworker with the analytical sharpness of a theoretical linguist. Each essay builds upon the last to form a cohesive portrait of language as a dynamic, culturally embedded system — leaving the reader to question just how many other grammatical universals may be waiting to dissolve under scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130926538971,"sku":"2026200012283-SECONDHAND","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/60532b76-1f93-4e8c-8965-be89dde81018.png?v=1786592383","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012283-secondhand-where-have-all-the-adjectives-gone-and-other-essays-in-semantics-and-syntax","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}