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Layering of size and type noun constructions in English / by Lieselotte Brems.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brems, Lieselotte.
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; 74.
- Topics in English linguistics, 1434-3452 ; 74
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Case.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (424 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort of X; a Y type of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raised by the phrases under discussion. As a result, a construction grammar-approach to grammaticalization is developed which does justice to the syntagmatic lexical, or collocational, reclustering observed in the data within an eclectic cognitive-functional approach.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Preliminaries
- pt. 2. Synchronic and diachronic corpus studies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783110252927
- 3110252929
- OCLC:
- 772845192
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