English adjectives of comparison: lexical and grammaticalized uses
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| adam_text | Table
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contents
Acknowledgements
.................................... .
v
Introduction
.......................................... 1
Part I. Theoretical argumentation for the grammaticalization and
subjectification hypothesis of English adjectives of
comparison in the English NP
....................... 9
1.
Constructing a dynamic functional combinatory model of the
English NP
.................................... 11
1.1.
The elements of the English NP and the combinatorics
between them
.................................. 11
1.1.1.
Huddleston and Pullum
(2002):
The Cambridge Grammar of
the English Language
............................. 11
1.1.2.
Halliday s
(1994 [1985]):
An Introduction to Functional
Grammar
...................................... 13
1.1.3.
Bache
(2000):
Essentials of Mastering English
.......... 16
1.1.4. Langacker (1991):
Foundations of Cognitive Grammar
.... 18
1.1.5.
McGregor
(1997):
Semiotic
Grammar
................ 21
1.1.6.
Conclusion
.................................... 25
1.2.
A dynamic functional model of the NP
............... 25
1.2.1.
The starting point: Bache s
(2000)
model of zones and
subzones
...................................... 25
1.2.2.
The categorization zone
........................... 26
1.2.3.
The determination zone
........................... 26
1.2.4.
The modification zone
............................ 29
1.2.5.
Extending the dynamic functional model to the NP as a
whole
........................................ 34
1.3.
Combinatory relations in the dynamic functional model of
the NP
....................................... 36
1.3.1.
Classifiers and recursive hypotactic dependency relations
... 36
1.3.2.
Attributes and independent hypotactic dependency
relations
...................................... 37
1.3.3.
Determiners and scoping relations
................... 38
1.4.
Conclusion
.................................... 39
2.
Grammaticalization and subjectification in the English NP
. . 40
2.1.
Introduction
................................... 40
2.2.
Subjectification in the Traugottian sense
.............. 42
2.2.1.
Traugott s concept of subjectification
................ 42
2.2.2.
The development of strengthening elements in the
English NP
.................................... 44
2.2.3.
Adamson s
(2000)
hypothesis: subjectification and leftward
movement in the English NP
...................... 48
2.3.
Subjectification in the Langackerian sense
............. 51
2.3.1.
Langacker s concept of subjectification
............... 51
2.3.2.
The development of determining or grounding elements in
the English NP
................................. 52
2.3.3.
The development of grounding elements and leftward
movement in the English NP
...................... 55
2.4.
Conclusion
.................................... 56
3.
English adjectives of general comparison
.............. 57
3.1.
Introduction
................................... 57
3.2.
Halliday and Hasan s
(1976)
analysis of English adjectives
of general comparison
........................... 57
3.3.
Problems encountered by Halliday and Hasan s
(1976)
analysis
...................................... 60
3.3.1.
Classifier and quantifier uses of adjectives of comparison
.. 60
3.3.2.
The one-to-one association of attribute use and internal
comparison versus postdeterminer use and referential
comparison
.................................... 62
3.4.
Further analysis of the referential meaning: including the
classifier use
................................... 71
3.5.
Halliday and Hasan s
(1976)
positional recognition criterion
for attribute and postdeterminer uses of adjectives of
comparison
.................................... 73
3.6.
Conclusion
.................................... 78
4.
The grammaticalization hypothesis
................... 79
4.1.
Introduction
................................... 79
4.2.
General semantic characterization of the hypothesized
grammaticalization process.
....................... 82
Formal evidence for the grammaticalization hypothesis.
. . 84
Coalescence
oí
another and the same
................. 85
Paradigmaticization of several
...................... 86
Decategorialization.
............................ . 88
Attribute and postdeterminer uses: a shift in syntagma tic
relation?
...................................... 93
Conclusion
.................................... 99
Semantic
evidence for the grammaticalization hypothesis
. . 99
Grammaticalization and delexicalization
.............. 100
Loss of semantic autonomy
........................ 100
Generalization
.................................. 102
A possible reconstruction of the grammaticalization
process from fully lexical attribute to grammaticalized
postdeterminer, classifier and quantifier uses
........... 102
Conclusion
.................................... 109
The role of subjectivity and subjectification in the gramma¬
ticalization of
prenominai
adjectives of comparison
.......
Ill
Introduction
...................................
Ill
Traugottian subjectivity and subjectification
........... 112
Traugott s definition of subjectivity and subjectification
... 112
Textual subjectivity and intersubjectivity
.............. 115
Textual
(inteťjsubjectification
in the proposed
grammaticalization of adjectives of comparison
......... 117
Langackerian subjectivity and subjectification
.......... 120
Introduction
................................... 120
Grounding, grounding predications, and Langackerian
subjectivity and subjectification
..................... 120
The role of subjectivity and subjectification in the
development of grounding predications in the NP
....... 123
Langackerian subjectification in the proposed
grammaticalization of adjectives of comparison
......... 132
Conclusion
.................................... 144
Synchronie
corpus study
........................... 147
Adjectives of difference
............................ 149
Introduction
.................................. . 149
Description of the data base and method of analysis
..... 149
Lexical uses of different
.......................... . 152
General characterization
.......................... 152
External versus internal construal of the unlikeness
relation
....................................... 155
Bridging examples
οι
different and the shift from lexical
attribute to grammatical postdeterminer meaning
....... 156
Postdeterminer uses
oí
other and different
............. 158
Phoric postdeterminer
and classifier uses of other and
different
...................................... 161
Phoric postdeterminer uses
οι
other and different
........ 161
Phoric classifier use of other
....................... 176
Individualizing postdeterminer and quantifier uses of
different
...................................... 181
Individualizing postdeterminer uses of different
......... 181
Quantifier uses of different, several and various
......... 192
Conclusion
.................................... 195
Adjectives of identity
............................. 197
Introduction
................................... 197
Lexical uses of identical
.......................... 199
The emphasizer use of same and identical in definite NPs
as source of grammaticalization
.................... 203
Postdeterminer uses of same and identical
............. 207
Phoric postdeterminer uses of same and identical
........ 208
Phoric value of the same/the identical
................ 208
Phoric value of (an) identical as marker of generalized
reference
...................................... 220
7.6.
Phoric classifier use of identical
..................... 223
7.7.
Postdeterminer uses of same and identical expressing
NP-internal identity
............................. 225
7.7.1.
The semantics of the internal postdeterminer uses of same
and identical
................................... 226
7.7.2.
The distribution of the same/the identical versus (an)
identical
...................................... 229
7.8.
Reconstructing the development of (an) identical from
lexical attribute to postdeterminer
................... 232
Two special uses of the same
....................... 234
The complex conjunctive
adverbiais
at the same time and
all the same
................................... 235
7.9.2.
Predicative use of the same
........................ 237
7.10.
Conclusion
..............................___. . 239
Adjectives of similarity
.......................... . 241
Introduction
................................... 241
Lexical uses of similar and comparable
............... 242
Lexical uses of similar and comparable expressing marked
likeness
...................................... 243
8.2.2.
Lexical
uses of comparable expressing possible
comparison
................................... 246
8.3.
Reconstructing a possible grammaticalization process of
adjectives of similarity
............................ 248
8.3.1.
The continuum of likeness versus the
complementarles
identity and non-identity
.......................... 248
8.3.2.
Bridging examples of similar and comparable and the shift
from lexical attribute to grammatical postdeterminer
meaning
...................................... 249
8.4.
Postdeterminer uses
οι
similar and comparable
......... . 253
8.4.1.
(A) similar I (a) comparable signalling identity of reference
. . 253
8.4.2.
(A) similar/(a) comparable signalling non-identity of
reference
...................................... 257
8.5.
Phoric classifier uses
οι
similar and comparable
........ . 260
8.5.1.
Classifier uses of similar and comparable signalling identity
. . 261
8.5.2.
Classifier uses
οι
similar and comparable signalling
non-identity
.................................... 263
8.5.3.
Conclusion
.................................... 266
8.6.
The relation between adjectives of similarity and other
adjectives of comparison
.......................... 267
8.7.
Conclusion
.................................... 271
9.
Adjectives of comparison in
postnominal
position
......... 273
9.1.
Introduction
................................... 273
9.2.
Adjectives of comparison in postposition
.............. 274
9.2.1.
Indefinite pronoun
+
adjective of comparison
.......... 274
9.2.2.
NP
+
adjective of comparison
+
PP
.................. 276
9.3.
Conclusion
.................................... 282
Part III.
Diachronie
corpus studies
......................... 285
10. Diachronie
corpus study of six adjectives of comparison
. ... 287
10.1.
Introduction and description of the data base
.......... 287
10.2.
Adjectives of difference
........................... 288
10.2.1.
Other
.............____.____..............____ 288
10.2.2.
Different
...................................... 292
10.3.
Adjectives of identity.
............................ 296
10.3.1.
Same
......................................... 296
10.3.2.
Identical
...................................... 305
10.4.
Adjectives of similarity: similar and comparable
......... 314
10.5.
Conclusion
.................................... 319
11. Diachronie
corpus
study of six adjectives of difference
..... 321
11.1.
Introduction and description of the data base
.......... 321
11.2.
Adjectives of difference in plural NPs with internal
comparison
.................................... 322
11.2.1.
Several and sundry
.............................. 323
11.2.2.
Various, different and distinct
...................... 328
11.2.3.
Divers(e)
..................................... 335
11.3.
Adjectives of difference in singular NPs with internal
comparison
.................................... 340
11.4.
Adjectives of difference in NPs with external comparison
. . 342
11.5.
Grammaticalization in the field of difference: paths and
distribution
.................................... 343
11.6.
Testing the leftward movement hypothesis
............ 346
11.7.
Conclusion
.................................... 349
12.
Summary
..................................... 351
Corpora
............................................. 361
References
........................................... 362
Index
..................___......................... 393
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