English adjective comparison: a historical perspective
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Main Author: González-Díaz, Victorina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. [2008]
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science v. 299
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
English Adjective Comparison; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; The origin of English periphrastic comparatives; French influence and the spread of periphrastic comparatives in English; Inflectional v. periphrastic comparison in EMode and LMode; Inflectional v. periphrastic comparison in Present-day English; Double periphrastic comparatives in English; Double periphrastic comparatives; Comparatives and beyond; References; Index; The series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.
The present work contributes to a better understanding of the English system of degree by means of a study of a number of aspects in the evolution of adjective comparison that have so far either been considered controversial or not been accounted for at all. As will be shown, the diachronic aspects analysed will also have synchronic implications. Furthermore, unlike previous synchronic as well as diachronic accounts of adjective comparison, this monograph does not concentrate only on the 'standard' comparative strategies (i.e. inflectional and periphrastic forms), but also deals with double pe
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 252 pages)
ISBN:902724815X
9027290954
9789027248152
9789027290953
DOI:10.1075/cilt.299

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