Cinquean

English

Etymology

From Cinque +‎ -an.

Adjective

Cinquean (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Relating to the Italian linguist Guglielmo Cinque.
    • 2006, Alexandra Teodorescu, “Adjective Ordering Restrictions Revisited”, in Donald Baumer, David Montero, Michael Scanlon, editors, Proceedings of the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project, →ISBN, page 402:
      A possible solution is to keep the Cinquean analysis for plain adjectives and modify it so as to accommodate for operator adjectives as well.
    • 2008, Marcin Morzycki, “Nonrestrictive modifiers in non-parenthetical positions”, in Louise McNally, Christopher Kennedy, editors, Adjectives and Adverbs: Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 121:
      Another difficulty with this approach is that it embodies essentially the Cinquean conception that proved problematic in section 5.3.2. As pointed out there, the nonrestrictive/restrictive contrast seems to cross-cut other semantically based adjective and adverb classes. Thus, even though this is essentially a Cinquean approach, in a curious way it would be difficult to reconcile with a broader Cinquean model […]
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