UID:
almafu_9961153311702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xix, 309 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-108-92422-0
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1-108-92189-2
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1-108-91265-6
Serie:
Studies in English language
Inhalt:
The binomial noun phrase, or of-binomial, is an important phenomenon in the English language. Defined as a noun phrase that contains two related nouns, linked by the preposition of, examples include a hell of a day and a beast of a storm. This pioneering book provides the first extensive study of the evaluative binominal noun phrases (EBNP) in English, exploring the syntactic rules that govern them, and the (functional) semantic and pragmatic links between the two nouns. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, corpus data, and two different theoretical approaches (Construction Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar), it argues that the EBNP now functions as a stage in a grammaticalization path that begins with a prototypical N+PP construction, continues with the head-classifier, and ends with two new of-binominal constructions: the evaluative modifier and binominal intensifier. Comprehensive in its scope, it is essential reading for researchers in syntax, semantics, and English corpus linguistics.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jun 2023).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Categorization -- Chapter 2 Of-binominal Classification -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Internal Structure of Of-binominals -- 2.2.1 Head Status -- 2.2.2 Constituency -- 2.2.3 Constraints on the Two Nouns -- 2.2.4 Determiner Selection -- 2.2.5 Preposition Of -- 2.3 Methodology for Part I -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 From Prototypical N+PP to Pseudo-partitive -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 N+PP -- 3.2.1 Head Status -- 3.2.2 Constituency Tests -- 3.2.3 Constraints on the Two Nouns -- 3.2.4 Determiners -- 3.2.5 Status of Of -- 3.2.6 The Properties of the N+PP -- 3.3 Head-Classifier -- 3.3.1 Head Status -- 3.3.2 Constituency Tests -- 3.3.3 Constraints on the Two Nouns -- 3.3.4 Determiners -- 3.3.5 Status of Of -- 3.3.6 Head-Classifier Types -- 3.3.7 The Properties of the Head-Classifier -- 3.4 Pseudo-partitive -- 3.4.1 Head Status -- 3.4.2 Constituency Tests -- 3.4.3 Constraints on the Two Nouns -- 3.4.4 Determiners -- 3.4.5 Status of Of -- 3.4.6 The Properties of the Pseudo-partitive -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Evaluative Of-binominals -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Evaluative Binominal Noun Phrase -- 4.2.1 Head Status -- 4.2.2 Constituency Tests -- 4.2.3 Constraints on the Two Nouns -- 4.2.4 Determiners -- 4.2.5 Status of Of -- 4.2.6 The Properties of the EBNP -- 4.3 Evaluative Modifier -- 4.3.1 Head Status -- 4.3.2 Constraints on the Two Nouns -- 4.3.3 Determiners -- 4.3.4 Status of Of -- 4.3.5 The Properties of the EM -- 4.4 Binominal Intensifier -- 4.4.1 Head Status -- 4.4.2 Constituency -- 4.4.3 Constraints on the Two Nouns -- 4.4.4 Determiners -- 4.4.5 Status of Of -- 4.4.6 The Properties of the BI -- 4.5 Conclusion.
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Chapter 5 Three Case Studies: Cake, Beast, and Hell -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Grammaticalization or Lexicalization -- 5.3 Case Study 1: Cake -- 5.4 Case Study 2: Beast -- 5.5 Case Study 3: Hell -- 5.6 Discussion and Conclusions -- Part II Testing the Hypothesis -- Chapter 6 Diachronic Evidence -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Of-binominal Grammaticalization Pathway -- 6.3 Methods -- 6.4 The Pseudo-partitive Strand -- 6.4.1 Nub(s) -- 6.4.2 Breeze(s) -- 6.4.3 Husk(s) -- 6.4.4 Snake(s) -- 6.4.5 Discussion -- 6.5 Evaluative Constructions: EBNP, EM, BI -- 6.5.1 Whale(s) -- 6.5.2 Bitch(es) -- 6.5.3 Discussion -- 6.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Premodification Evidence -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Approaches to Premodification -- 7.3 Ghesquière's Cognitive-Functional Model -- 7.3.1 The Classifier Category -- 7.3.2 Descriptive Modifiers -- 7.3.3 Classifiers and Descriptive Modifiers -- 7.3.4 Degree Modifiers -- 7.3.5 Conclusions -- 7.4 Methods -- 7.5 Analysis of Premodification Distribution -- 7.6 Premodification for the Individual Of-binominals -- 7.6.1 N+PP Constructions -- 7.6.2 Head-Classifiers -- 7.6.3 Pseudo-partitive -- 7.6.4 Evaluative Binominal Noun Phrases -- 7.6.5 Evaluative Modifiers -- 7.6.6 Binominal Intensifier -- 7.7 Discussion and Conclusions -- Part III Theoretical Analysis -- Chapter 8 The EBNP Family: A Construction Grammar Analysis -- 8.1 Introduction to Construction Grammar -- 8.2 Constructions and Constructional Networks -- 8.2.1 Constructions -- 8.2.2 The Construction Grammar Network -- 8.3 Grammaticalization in Construction Grammar -- 8.4 Modeling the Evaluative Of-binominal Family Network -- 8.4.1 N+PP -- 8.4.2 Head-Classifier -- 8.4.3 Evaluative Binominal Noun Phrase -- 8.4.4 Evaluative Modifier -- 8.4.5 Binominal Intensifier -- 8.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The EBNP Family: A Functional Discourse Grammar Analysis.
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9.1 Introduction to Functional Discourse Grammar -- 9.1.1 General Overview -- 9.1.2 Primitives: Units of the FDG Grammatical Component -- 9.1.3 The Noun Phrase in FDG -- 9.1.4 FDG Categorization -- 9.2 A Functional Discourse Grammar Account of the EBNP Family -- 9.2.1 The EBNP Family -- 9.2.2 Constructions in FDG -- 9.2.3 Placement in FDG -- 9.2.4 Conclusions -- 9.3 A Diachronic Functional Discourse Grammar Explanation -- 9.3.1 Grammaticalization in FDG -- 9.3.2 The FDG Diachronic Analysis -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Part IV Discussion -- Chapter 10 Discussion and Conclusions -- 10.1 Classification Discussion -- 10.2 Comparing the Two Models -- 10.3 Future Research -- References -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108830959
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108921893
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