The Directionality of (Inter)subjectification in the English Noun Phrase : : Pathways of Change / / 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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