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Layering of Size and Type Noun Constructions in English
Author(s): Lieselotte Brems (Author)
- Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
- Publication Date: December 19, 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 409 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110252910
- ISBN-13: 9783110252910
Book Description
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.
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About the Author
Lieselotte Brems, University of Leuven, Belgium.
