Between perception and language: some observations on the operation of the complements that refer to the physical properties of human beings

The paper explores a wide variety of complements that in Italian syntax happen to have the same reference. The case in point is their ability to evoke two physical features, e.g. on the one hand, 'to be bald' (to have no hair), 'to have little hair', 'to have lost one’s hair...

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Main Author: Katarzyna Kwapisz-Osadnik
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University 2013-01-01
Series:Studia Romanica Posnaniensia
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Online Access:http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/srp/article/view/1839