The noun phrase in English : past and present Introduction to the noun phrase in English: New clues to the past and the present Alex Ho Cheong Leung and Wim van der Wurff Complex NPs with third order entity clauses: Towards a grammatical description and semantic typology Kristin Davidse Adjective stacking in Early Modern English: Some stylistic considerations Victorina González Díaz The rich the poor the obvious: Arguing for an ellipsis analysis of adjectives used as nouns Christine Günther Variable article usage with institutional nouns: An oddment of English Marianne Hundt Anaphoric reference in Early Modern English: The case of said and same Alex Ho Cheong Leung and Wim van der Wurff That complementiser omission in N + be + that clauses: Register variation or constructional change Annette Mantlik and Hans Jörg Schmid Building on a substantial earlier literature the chapters in this volume further advance knowledge and understanding of properties of the noun phrase in English. The empirical material for the papers includes both historical and present day data with the two often shedding light on each other in a process of mutual illumination. The topics addressed are: the structure of nounless NPs like the poor and the obvious; the article zero alternation in expressions like go to (the) church; developments in the early history of adjective stacking; the semantics of N + clause units in present day English; the history of N + BE + clause constructions; and the decline of two anaphoric NPs in Early Modern English. The volume will appeal to scholars working in this area and will also help those interested in the general field of English grammar to keep abreast of recent methods and results in NP related work