Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives By Mark C. Baker
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Mark C Baker investigates the fundamental nature of nouns verbs and adjectives He claims that the various superficial differences found in particular languages have a single underlying source which can be used to provide better definitions of these parts of speech The new definitions are supported by data from languages from every continent Baker s book argues for a formal syntax oriented and universal approach to the parts of speech as opposed to the functionalist semantic and relativist approaches that have dominated the subject Lexical Categories Verbs Nouns and Adjectives.