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More support for more-support : the role of processing constraints on the choice between synthetic and analytic comparative forms / Britta Mondorf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mondorf, Britta, 1963-
- Series:
- Studies in language variation ; v. 4.
- Studies in language variation ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Comparison.
- English language.
- English language--Adjective.
- Comparison (Grammar).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Theoretical preliminaries
- Methodological preliminaries
- More-support in phonology
- More-support in morphology
- More-support in the lexicon
- More-support in syntax
- More-support in semantics
- More-support in pragmatics/iconicity
- The emergence of more-support in diachrony
- More-support in British and American English
- Conclusion
- Theoretical implications and outlook
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789027234841
- 9027234841
- OCLC:
- 317824679
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