The Directionality of (Inter)subjectification in the English Noun Phrase: Pathways of Change 9783110338751, 9783110318579

The Directionality of (Inter)subjectification in the English Noun Phrase: Pathways of Change 9783110338751, 9783110318579

The book investigates pathways of (inter)subjectification followed by prenominal elements in the English Noun Phrase, by

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Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes: The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English 9783110521801, 9783110516593

The book is based on a detailed corpus-based investigation of the structure of noun phrases (NPs) in Singaporean English

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Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes: The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English 9783110521801, 9783110516593

The book is based on a detailed corpus-based investigation of the structure of noun phrases (NPs) in Singaporean English

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Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English: From Representation to Reference 9780773576438

While ordinary speakers - and some linguists - assume we have a mental dictionary stocked with words ready for use, Walt

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Postmodifying Clauses in the English Noun Phrase : A Corpus-based Study 9789051831238, 9051831234

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Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English 9027230560, 9789027230560, 9780585463308

There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concep

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Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English : From Representation to Reference [1 ed.] 9780773576438, 9780773536043

Distinguishing the components that make up the meaning of a noun enables us to understand what permits us to say "G

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The Noun Phrase in Functional Discourse Grammar 9783110205374, 9783110198676

The articles in this volume analyse the noun phrase within the framework of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), the succ

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Noun Phrase in the Generative Perspective 9783110207491, 9783110176841

The goal of this book is twofold. On the one hand we want to offer a discussion of some of the more important properties

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The English Binominal Noun Phrase: A Cognitive-Functional Approach 1108830951, 9781108830959

The binomial noun phrase, or of-binomial, is an important phenomenon in the English language. Defined as a noun phrase th

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