Layering Noun Constructions Tiel 74 (topics In English Linguistics)
by Lieselotte Brems /
2011 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
