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The noun phrase in English : past and present /

"Building on a substantial earlier literature, the chapters in this volume further advance knowledge and understanding of properties of the noun phrase in English. The empirical material for the papers includes both historical and present-day data, with the two often shedding light on each othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Leung, Alex Ho-Cheong (Editor), Wurff, Wim van der (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 246.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the noun phrase in English: new clues to the past and the present / Alex Ho-Cheong Leung and Wim van der Wurff
  • Complex NPs with third-order entity clauses: towards a grammatical description and semantic typology / Kristin Davidse
  • Adjective stacking in Early Modern English: some stylistic considerations / Victorina González-Díaz
  • The rich, the poor, the obvious: arguing for an ellipsis analysis of "adjectives used as nouns" / Christine Günther
  • Variable article usage with institutional nouns: An "oddment" of English? / Marianne Hundt
  • Anaphoric reference in Early Modern English: the case of said and same / Alex Ho-Cheong Leung and Wim van der Wurff
  • That-complementiser omission in N + be + that-clauses: register variation or constructional change? / Annette Mantlik and Hans-Jörg Schmid.