Layering of Size and Type Noun Constructions in English

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-025291-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 409 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 782 g

Reihe: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]

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.

Zielgruppe

Scholars from a variety of Linguistic Frameworks, such as Grammaticalization, Construction Grammar and Corpus Research, but also People working in Stylistics and Pragmatics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brems, Lieselotte

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

Lieselotte Brems, University of Leuven, Belgium.