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The Directionality of (Inter)subjectification in the English Noun Phrase : Pathways of Change /
The book investigates pathways of (inter)subjectification followed by prenominal elements in the English Noun Phrase, by tracing the development of identifying, noun-intensifying and subjective compound uses. By means of in-depth corpus study, the assumed unidirectionality of (inter)subjectification...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
DE GRUYTER,
2014.
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| Edición: | 2014. |
| Colección: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Tables; Figures; Introduction; Part I: Synchrony; Chapter 1. A functional-cognitive model of the English NP; 1.1. The functional make-up of the English NP; 1.1.1. Halliday's structural-functional account; 1.1.2. Bache's functional zone model; 1.1.3. Langacker's cognitive-functional account; 1.1.4. A functional-cognitive model of the English NP; 1.2. Categorization; 1.2.1. The head of the NP; 1.2.2. Subcategorization; 1.3. Modification; 1.3.1. Descriptive modification; 1.3.1.1. Objective and subjective descriptive modifiers.
- 1.3.1.2. Bounded, unbounded and extreme descriptive modifiers1.3.2. Degree modification; 1.3.2.1. Adjective-intensification; 1.3.2.2. Noun-intensification; 1.3.2.3. Structural-semantic types of degree modification; 1.3.2.4. Degree modification and subjectivity; 1.4. Determination; 1.4.1. Primary determination; 1.4.2. Secondary determination; Chapter 2. The English NP: Structure, order and the role of (inter)subjectvity; 2.1. The English NP: A mere modifier-head structure?; 2.2. A semantic, linear subjective-objective model?; 2.2.1. Langackerian subjectivity.
- 2.2.2. Intersubjectivity in Cogitive Grammar2.2.3. Traugottian subjectivity and beyond; 2.2.4. Traugottian intersubjectivity and beyond; 2.2.5. Textual meanings and (inter)subjectivity; 2.2.6. Subjectivity and intersubjectivity: Disentangling the web; 2.2.7. Challenging the linear subjective-objective model; 2.3. A prosodic, field-like model; Part II: Diachrony; Chapter 3. (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization: Pathways of change in the English NP; 3.1. Subjectification and intersubjectification; 3.2. Grammaticalization; 3.2.1. Onset contexts of grammaticalization; 3.2.1.1. Ambiguity.
- 3.2.1.2. Specialized contexts: Dialogicity and collocation3.3. The directionality of (inter)subjectification and grammaticalization; 3.4. (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization in the English NP; 3.4.1. From description to secondary determination; 3.4.2. Pathways to noun-intensification; 3.4.2.1. Pathway 1: From description to nounintensification; 3.4.2.2. Pathway 2: From identification to nounintensification; 3.4.3. Adamson's lefward and rightward movement hypotheses; 3.5. Conclusions; Part III: The case studies; Chapter 4. Data and Methods; 4.1. Selection of the data; 4.2. Corpora.
- 4.2.1. Old English4.2.2. Middle English; 4.2.3. Modern English; 4.2.4. Present Day English; 4.3. Methodology; Chapter 5. The completeness adjectives; 5.1. Complete; 5.1.1. Descriptive modifier uses of complete; 5.1.1.1. Bounded descriptive modifier uses of complete; 5.1.1.2. Descriptive modifier uses of complete, vague between bounded and unbounded construal; 5.1.2. Identifying uses of complete; 5.1.3. Noun-intensifying uses of complete; 5.1.3.1. Closed scale noun-intensifying uses; 5.1.3.2. Noun-intensifying uses hovering between an open scale and a closed scale reading.