Carol Genetti, Ph.D.

New York University Abu Dhabi

The Two Adjective Classes in Manange


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Carol Genetti, Kristine Hildebrandt
In R.M.W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (eds.), Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004, pp. 74-96.


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Genetti, C., & Hildebrandt, K. (2004). The Two Adjective Classes in Manange. In I. R. M. W. Dixon & A. Y. A. (eds.) (Eds.), Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (pp. 74–96.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199270934.003.0003


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Genetti, Carol, and Kristine Hildebrandt. “The Two Adjective Classes in Manange.” In Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology, edited by In R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (eds.), 74–96. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.


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Genetti, Carol, and Kristine Hildebrandt. “The Two Adjective Classes in Manange.” Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology, edited by In R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 74–96., doi:10.1093/oso/9780199270934.003.0003.


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@inbook{carol2004a,
  title = {The Two Adjective Classes in Manange},
  year = {2004},
  address = {Oxford},
  pages = {74-96.},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780199270934.003.0003},
  author = {Genetti, Carol and Hildebrandt, Kristine},
  editor = {Dixon, In R.M.W. and (eds.), Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald},
  booktitle = {Adjective Classes: A Cross-Linguistic Typology}
}

ABSTRACT

Manange has two lexical classes of terms which code property concepts. One  class is wholly distinct from both nouns and verbs. We will refer to this as the class  of simple adjectives'. The other class shares some inflectional properties with verbs, so we will refer to it as the class of'verb-like adjectives'. Verb-like adjectives do differ from verbs in important respects, and we will argue that they are a distinct lexical class, essentially a hybrid, having some verbal and some adjectival properties.