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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788819603321

Autore

Ghesquière Lobke

Titolo

The directionality of (inter)subjectification in the English noun phrase : pathways of change / / Lobke Ghesquière

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-039526-6

3-11-033875-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; 267

Classificazione

HF 293

Disciplina

428.2

Soggetti

English language - Noun phrase

Intersubjectivity

Cognitive grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.