More support for more-support
Subtitle: the role of processing constraints on the choice between synthetic and analytic comparative forms
By: Britta Mondorf.
Series: Studies in language variation -- v. 4
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789027234841
Subjects: English language -- Comparison; English language -- Adjective; Comparison (Grammar)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 2. Theoretical preliminaries; title: 3. Methodological preliminaries; title: 4. More-support in phonology; title: 5. More-support in morphology; title: 6. More-support in the lexicon; title: 7. More-support in syntax; title: 8. More-support in semantics; title: 9. More-support in pragmatics/iconicity; title: 10. The emergence of more-support in diachrony; title: 11. More-support in British and American English; title: 12. Conclusion; title: 13. Theoretical implications and outlook; title: References.