Decoding and Encoding Grammatical Information in Adjectival Entries: Processes and Cases (1)‪.‬

In order to create a syntactic adjectival lexicon, the preliminaries suggested in Comesana (2001) described adjectival entries in terms of their syntactic and semantic potential as likely non-discrete entities, The present study tries to unveil how this non-discreteness can be featured. To achieve this descriptive goal, it will be found that adjectives, as predicative controlling elements in the ascriptive structure (Comesana 2001: 2), can hold a grammatical (and, analogously, lexicographical) relationship motivated by different processes. These processes will affect the syntactic layout of the sentential structure where the entries are found and, consequently, their configurational patterns. An important definitory part in the account of adjectival entries is also played by the semantics of the arguments called for by that entry. These arguments will be defined according to case labels. These will also offer the possibility for the connection of entries. OBJECTIVES