English adjective comparison
Subtitle: a historical perspective
By: Victorina González-Diaz.
Series: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory -- v. 299
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9789027248152
Subjects: English language -- Adjective; English language -- Comparison
Description: "The present work contributes to a better understanding of the English system of degree by means of a study of a number of aspects in the evolution of adjective comparison that have so far either been considered controversial or not been accounted for at all. As will be shown, the diachronic aspects analysed will also have synchronic implications. Furthermore, unlike previous synchronic as well as diachronic accounts of adjective comparison, this monograph does not concentrate on the 'standard' comparative strategies (i.e. inflectional and periphrastic forms) only, but also deals with double periphrastic comparatives, thus providing an analysis of the whole range of comparative structures in English."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.