The birth of the adjective class as a problem of translation

This paper seeks to analyze the translation of grammatical terminology. One of the main differences between the Greek-Latin parts of speech theory and that of traditional later European linguistics (from Port Royal onwards) lies in the existence of the adjective as an independent word class. The pap...

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Main Author: Alfieri Luca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015-04-01
Series:Open Linguistics
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opli.2014.1.issue-1/opli-2015-0007/opli-2015-0007.xml?format=INT