English adjectives of comparison
Subtitle: lexical and grammaticalized uses
By: by Tine Breban.
Series: Topics in English linguistics; 63
Publisher: Berlin
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York; De Gruyter Mouton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783110205800
Subjects: English language -- Adjective; English language -- Grammar; Grammar, Comparative and general
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical argumentation for the grammaticalization and subjectification hypothesis of English adjectives of comparison in the English np: Constructing a dynamic functional combinatory model of the English np; title: Grammaticalization and subjectification in the english np; title: English adjectives of general comparison; title: The grammaticalization hypothesis; title: The role of subjectivity and subjectification in the grammaticalization of prenominal adjectives of comparison; title: Synchronic corpus study: Adjectives of difference; title: Adjectives of identity; title: Adjectives of similarity; title: Adjectives of comparison in postnominal position; title: Diachronic corpus studies: diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of comparison; title: Diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of difference.