Layering of Size and Type Noun Constructions in English / / Lieselotte Brems.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Brems, Lieselotte,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 74
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Table of contents --; Part I: Preliminaries --; Chapter 1: Description of the topic and state of the art --; Chapter 2: A cognitive-functional constructional framework for the English NP --; Chapter 3: Grammaticalization, delexicalization and subjectification in SN- and TN-constructions --; Part II: Synchronic and diachronic corpus studies --; Chapter 4: SN-constructions --; Chapter 5: Small SN-constructions --; Chapter 6: TN-constructions --; Chapter 7: Descriptive-theoretical consequences and prospects for further research --; Corpora --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110252927; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261226; 9783110261240
• ISSN: 1434-3452
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110252927
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lieselotte Brems.

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.