The form of structure, the structure of form : essays in honor of Jean Lowenstamm / edited by Sabrina Bendjaballah, CNRS ; Noam Faust, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; Mohamed Lahrouchi, CNRS ; Nicola Lampitelli, Université de Tours
Published
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Vowels -- 2. Syllables -- 3. Templates -- 4. The phonology-syntax interface -- 5. Selected issues in Afro-Asiatic (morpho- )syntax and semantics
Summary
The paper argues that both nouns and adjectives are interpreted as relational in the construct state. Accordingly, relational nouns can all be inflected in the construct state, and so can some sortal nouns which can be coerced to a relational interpretation. Similarly, relational adjectives can all be inflected in the construct state, and so can some predicative adjectives which can be reinterpreted as relational when in construct with a relational annex. The present approach accounts for the non-modifiability of such relational annex, and the restriction of its denotation to intra-individual
