The Directionality of (Inter)subjectification in the English Noun Phrase : : Pathways of Change / / Lobke Ghesquière.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Ghesquière, Lobke,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 267
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I. Synchrony --; Chapter 1. A functional-cognitive model of the English NP --; Chapter 2. The English NP: Structure, order and the role of (inter)subjectivity --; Part II. Diachrony --; Chapter 3. (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization: Pathways of change in the English NP --; Part III. The case studies --; Chapter 4. Data and methods --; Chapter 5. The completeness adjectives --; Chapter 6. The specificity adjectives --; Chapter 7. Such, zulk and what --; Chapter 8. Old and little: subjective compounds --; Summary Towards a reconciliation of synchrony and diachrony --; References --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110338751; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110369526; 9783110370270
• ISSN: 1861-4302
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110338751
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lobke Ghesquière.

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 in the NP is verified and refined.