Elnora Ten Wolde

The English Binominal Noun Phrase

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Produktbeschreibung

"Combining both qualitative and quantitative methods and juxtaposing two linguistic theories, this study provides an account of the function and development of evaluative of-binomials, an important phenomenon in the English language. Comprehensive in its scope, it is essential reading for researchers in syntax, semantics, and corpus linguistics"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781108830959
• ISBN-10: 1108830951
• Artikelnr.: 66398175

Autorenporträt

Elnora ten Wolde is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Graz. She has published on of-binominals, pre- and postmodi¿cation.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Of-binominal Classification
3. From Prototypical N+PP to Pseudo-partitive
4. The Evaluative Of-binominals
5. Three Case Studies: Cake, Beast, and Hell
6. Diachronic Evidence
7. Premodification Evidence
8. The EBNP Family: A Construction Grammar Analysis
9. The EBNP Family: A Functional Discourse Grammar Analysis
10. Discussion and Conclusions
11. References.