Layering of size and type noun constructions in English

Autor*innen

• Lieselotte Brems

Parameter

• Lehrbücher
• Sprachbücher & -lexika

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Einband: Hardcover