Format:
XI, 276 S.
,
graph. Darst
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
1107000866
,
9781107000865
Series Statement:
Studies in English language
Content:
"The order and behaviour of the premodifier (an adjective, or other modifying word that appears before a noun) has long been a puzzle to syntacticians and semanticists. Why can we say 'the actual red ball', but not 'the red actual ball'? And why, conversely, do some other premodifiers have free variation in sentences; for example we can say both 'German and English speakers' and 'English and German speakers'? Why do some premodifiers change the meaning of a phrase in some contexts; for example 'young man', can mean 'boyfriend', rather than 'man who is young'? Drawing on a corpus of over 4,000 examples of English premodifiers from a range of genres such as advertising, fiction and scientific texts, and across several varieties of English, this book synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use."--Publisher's website
Content:
"The order and behaviour of the premodifier (an adjective, or other modifying word that appears before a noun) has long been a puzzle to syntacticians and semanticists. Why can we say 'the actual red ball', but not 'the red actual ball'? And why, conversely, do some other premodifiers have free variation in sentences; for example we can say both 'German and English speakers' and 'English and German speakers'? Why do some premodifiers change the meaning of a phrase in some contexts; for example 'young man', can mean 'boyfriend', rather than 'man who is young'? Drawing on a corpus of over 4,000 examples of English premodifiers from a range of genres such as advertising, fiction and scientific texts, and across several varieties of English, this book synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use."--Publisher's website
Note:
Introduction -- Zones, and types of order -- Semantic explanation of unmarked order across the zones -- Syntactic explanation of unmarked order across the zones -- Unmarked order within the classifier zone -- Free order -- Marked order -- Historical explanation of premodifier order -- Supporting explanations of premodifier order -- Discussion -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Feist, Jim Premodifiers in English Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780511733192
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Modifikator
;
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