This reply shows that arguments against the no-DP analysis (Bošković 2005, 2008), according to which article-less languages do not have DP, given in Pereltsvaig 2007) do not go through. Additionally, it is shown that ordering restrictions on demonstratives, possessives, and adjectives in Serbo-Croation follow from the semantics of the elements in question. These elements can be generated in any...

The article deals with the semantic analysis of antonymous Lithuanian adjectives siltas–saltas and their equivalents in English – warm–cold. Semantics usage peculiarities are discussed compared on basis corpus data, drawn from Corpus Contemporary Language British National Corpus. Methods linguistics applied to reveal collocability adjectives, prototypes evaluation qualities they denote. Prototy...

The semantics of gradable adjectives, in particular their order with respect to one another on a given scale, are not sufficiently represented in lexical resources such as wordnets. Thus, it is not clear whether superb expresses the quality of “goodness” equally, more, or less strongly than excellent or great. Sheinman and Tokunaga (2009) determine the relative gradation of English adjectives b...

The structure of the English personality lexicon was investigated using self-ratings (N = 310) on a set of 1,710 personality-trait adjectives. The 5-factor solution resembled the Big Five structure, but included rotational variants of Agreeableness and Emotional Stability similar to those of other languages. In the 6-factor solution an additional factor, defined by terms such as unpretentious v...

The ultimate objectives of this research were to find out the kinds English personal pronouns errors in translating simple sentences from Bahasa Indonesia and most dominant made by students tenth grade SMKS Agro Maritim Muhammadiyah Bengkulu using a pronoun. This study employs descriptive-qualitative method. has conducted academic year 2021/2022, consisting 13 students. first result displays th...

The present study examines the relative order of noun-adjective sequences within code-switched Determiner Phrases. Several hypotheses have been considered: (i) Order is a property defined by noun; (ii) it adjective; (iii) governed carrier phrase. studies that investigated issue all assume class adjectives homogeneous, but in fact, there exist several sub-classes which many languages, including ...