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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 ; Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
267. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Part I: Synchrony
- A functional-cognitive model of the English NP
- The English NP: Structure, order and the role of (inter)subjectvity
- Part II: Diachrony
- (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization: Pathways of change in the English NP
- Part III: The case studies
- Data and methods
- The completeness adjectives
- The specificity adjectives
- Such, zulk, and what
- Old and little: subjective compounds
- Summary: Towards a reconciliation of synchrony and diachrony.