Thomas Hoffmann

English Comparative Correlatives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Investigates the change and evolution of a fascinating English construction - comparative correlatives (e.g. the more you eat, the fatter you get). This book will appeal to scholars and advanced students in English linguistics, grammar, syntax, and the history of the English language.

Produktdetails

• Studies in English Language
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781108702157
• ISBN-10: 1108702155
• Artikelnr.: 62222640

Autorenporträt

Thomas Hoffmann is Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is author of Preposition Placement in English (Cambridge, 2011) and he is currently writing the textbook Construction Grammar: The Structure of English for the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics series.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Previous research
3. The diachronic evolution of English CCs: a constructionist account
4. Synchronic properties of the standard British and American English CC construction network
5. A contrastive view: German versus English comparative correlatives
6. Variation and mental grammars: the view from World Englishes
Conclusion: the role of constructional networks.