Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 47, No. 2 (July 2011), pp. 341-380 (40 pages) I investigate the syntax and semantics of a previously unexamined English adjective construction, exemplified by sentences ...

These happen in journalism a lot, since we attribute a lot. In the sentence “ ‘This plan will cause our taxes to go up,’ he said,” the phrase “he said” is the attributive tag, and it’s supposed to be ...

The Journal of Philosophical Logic provides a forum for work at the crossroads of philosophy and logic, old and new, with contributions ranging from conceptual to technical. Accordingly, the Journal ...

THE HAGUE, October 12. /TASS/. Endowment of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with attributive functions is directed against Russia, Permanent Representative to OPCW ...

We use attributive nouns all the time, usually in the singular: “kitchen cabinet,” “tree stump,” “policy decision.” Sometimes, when the attributive noun is a group of people, it seems ...