[Lingtyp] nouns and adjectives

[Hiroto Uchihara]

Hi Adam,

In Barrie & Uchihara (2019) I mentioned that Cherokee "adjectives" (which are distinct from verbs, unlike other Iroquoian languages) are more noun-like and virtually indistinguishable from deverbal nouns.

You might also want to consult literature on Japanese, where one class of adjectives (so-called "nominal adjectives" or "adjectival nouns") is almost like nouns.

Barrie, Michael & Hiroto Uchihara. 2019. Iroquoian languages. In Daniel Siddiqi, Michael Barrie, Jessica Coon, Carrie Gillon, Jason Haugen and Eric Mathiew eds., The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages, 424-451. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315210636.


Best,
Hiroto
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Hi all,

Just a biblio search. I'm working on a language, having a hard time coming up with criteria that distinguish nouns and adjectives (maybe there are none? yes I've read Dixon).

Just interested in literature on similar cases that look at relevant diagnostics in detail. I've looked at the stuff on Mundari (Evans, Osada Hengeveld, etc.), on Riau Indonesian (Gil), and Iroquian (Chafe) (although this one is about verbs) - apologies if I missed anyone just getting into this literature again.

Any leads/suggestions would be appreciated.

best,

Adam


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Friedrich Schiller Universität
Department of English Studies
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