English comparative correlatives : diachronic and synchronic variation at the lexicon-syntax interface
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- ISBN: 1108755003
- ISBN: 9781108755009
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
remote - Publisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | English language -- Comparative clauses English language -- Comparison English language -- Relative clauses Grammar, Comparative and general -- Relative clauses |