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Layering of Size and Type Noun Constructions in English.

On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort of X; a Y type of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raised by the phrases unde...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brems, Lieselotte
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
Colección:Topics in English linguistics ; 74.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort of X; a Y type of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raised by the phrases under discussion. As a result, a construction grammar-approach to grammaticalization is developed which does justice to the syntagmatic lexical, or collocational, reclustering observed in the data within an eclectic cognitive-functional approach.
Notas:4.4.1 Load and loads of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (424 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110252927
3110252929
9783110252910
3110252910
ISSN:1434-3452 ;