English comparative correlatives : diachronic and synchronic variation at the lexicon-syntax interface /


Thomas Hoffmann.
Bok Engelsk 2019
Omfang
xvii, 259 pages : : illustrations ;
Opplysninger
Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgement -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous research -- 3. The diachronic evolution of English CCs: a constructionist account -- 4. Synchronic properties of the standard British and American English CC construction network -- 5. A contrastive view: German versus English comparative correlatives -- 6. Variation and mental grammars: the view from world Englishes -- 7. Conclusion: The role of constructional networks -- References -- Index.
Emner
Dewey
425
ISBN
9781108477215

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