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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791969003321

Autore

Brems Lieselotte

Titolo

Layering of size and type noun constructions in English [[electronic resource] /] / by Lieselotte Brems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2011

ISBN

3-11-025292-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Collana

Topics in English linguistics, , 1434-3452 ; ; 74

Classificazione

HF 299

Disciplina

425/.54

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Noun

Grammar, Comparative and general - Case

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

pt. 1. Preliminaries -- pt. 2. Synchronic and diachronic corpus studies.

Sommario/riassunto

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.