Adjectives And Comparison In English

Author : Tine Breban
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110205807
Total Pages : 408 pages
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Download or read book English Adjectives of Comparison written by Tine Breban and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics in English Linguistics Bernd Kortmann, University of Freiburg Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Stanford University The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. English Adjectives Of Comparison Tine Breban, K.U. Leuven The book is concerned with a largely unrecognized grammaticalization process: deictification, or the development from quality-attributing to deictically used adjectives in the English noun phrase. On the basis of the synchronic and diachronic corpus-study of six English adjectives of comparison, deictification is shown to involve unstudied variants of subjectification and decategorialization.

Author : Kate Woodford
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ISBN 13 : 9780521824231
Total Pages : 1550 pages
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902724815X
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book English Adjective Comparison written by Victorina González-Díaz and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work contributes to a better understanding of the English system of degree by means of a study of a number of aspects in the evolution of adjective comparison that have so far either been considered controversial or not been ccounted for at all. As will be shown, the diachronic aspects analysed will also have synchronic implications. Furthermore, unlike previous synchronic as well as diachronic accounts of adjective comparison, this monograph does not concentrate on the 'standard' comparative strategies (i.e. inflectional and periphrastic forms) only, but also deals with double periphrastic comparatives, thus providing an analysis of the whole range of comparative structures in English.

Author : Jan Rusiecki
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119652847
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Publisher : Millbrook Press ™
ISBN 13 : 1467743151
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Author : Tine Breban
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110216019
Total Pages : 408 pages
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Download or read book English Adjectives of Comparison written by Tine Breban and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-07-19 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is concerned with a hitherto underresearched grammaticalization process: the development from quality-attributing adjective to determiner in the English noun phrase. It takes a bottom-up approach, based on extensive synchronic and diachronic corpus studies of six English adjectives of comparison: other, different, same, identical, similar and comparable. Their functional diversity in current English is proposed to constitute a case of layering, representing the original descriptive use, which expresses how like/unlike each other entities are, and a range of grammaticalized referential uses, which contribute to the identification and/or quantification of the entities denoted by the NP. Diachronic and comparative data material is invoked to verify and further develop the grammaticalization hypothesis. The development of adjectives of comparison involves several key concepts identified in the literature. Crucially, it is described as a case of textual intersubjectification driven by the optimalization of recipient-design. The actual grammaticalization paths are diverse and are characterized by lexical as well as structural persistence, i.e. the same lexical meaning develops into different grammatical functions in different syntagmatic configurations. In order to define the NP as a locus of diachronic change, this study offers a new angle on the description of adjectives and the modelling of NP structure. It advocates the abandonment of the traditional class-based model in favour of a radically functional one, in which functions are defined in terms of prototypicality so as to allow for gradience between and within them. The described grammaticalization processes involve developments from prototypical lexical to grammatical reference-related use within the adjectival category, which can be the starting point of further gradual change to determiners. The traditional relation between classes and positions is envisaged as a correspondence between functional and syntactic zones. The change in form concomitant with grammaticalization in the NP is argued to consist of the reconfiguration of structural combinatorics and progressive leftward movement. The book is of interest to linguistic researchers and graduate students in linguistics who focus their attention on grammaticalization and subjectification, the functional description of adjectives, questions of deixis and theoretical issues relating to nominal reference.

Author : Manik Joshi
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
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Download or read book Making Comparisons in English written by Manik Joshi and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LARGE-PRINT EDITION: This book covers the following topics: Structure (1a)-- Comparison of Actions - I --- Structure (1b)-- Comparison of Actions - II --- Structure (2a)-- Comparison of Qualities - I --- Structure (2b)-- Comparison of Qualities - II --- Structure (3a)-- Specific Similarity - Quality Adjectives --- Structure (3b)-- Specific Similarity - Quality Nouns --- Structure (4)-- Comparison of Number/Quantity --- Structure (5a)-- As + Much/Many, etc. + Word/Words + As --- Structure (5b)-- Comparative Estimates - Multiple Numbers --- Structure (6)-- Parallel Increase or Decrease / Gradual Increase --- Structure (7)-- Illogical Comparatives --- Structure (8)-- General Similarity and Difference --- Structure (9)-- Using Word 'Compare' or 'Comparison' --- Structure (10)-- Comparison Degrees --- 10a. Regular and Irregular Forms of Adjectives --- 10b. Interchange of Positive and Comparative Degrees --- 10c. Interchange of Positive and Superlative Degrees --- 10d. Interchange of Comparative and Superlative Degrees --- 10e. Interchange of Positive, Comparative and Superlative Degrees ----- Sample This: Structure (1a)-- Comparison of Actions - I - PATTERN 1: AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE -ING form of Verb + Verb 'Be' + As + Adjective + As + -ING form of Verb Or It + Verb 'Be' + As + Adjective + To + Ordinary Verb + As + Ordinary Verb -- Writing is as easy as thinking. Jogging is as easy as exercising. Closing is as easy as opening. Designing is as easy as publishing. It is as easy to write as think. It is as easy to jog as exercise. It is as easy to close as open. It is as easy to design as publish. PATTERN 2: NEGATIVE SENTENCE -ING form of Verb + Verb 'Be' + Not + As + Adjective + As + -ING form of Verb Or It + Verb 'Be' + Not + As + Adjective + To + Ordinary Verb + As + Ordinary Verb -- Studying is not as easy as playing. Swimming is not as easy as running. Singing is not as easy as talking. Reading is not as easy as listening. It is not as easy to study as play. It is not as easy to swim as run. It is not as easy to sing as talk. It is not as easy to read as listen. Structure (1b)-- Comparison of Actions - II-- PATTERN (A). Prefer/Would Prefer + -ING form of Verb + To + -ING form of Verb, OR (B). Prefer/Would Prefer + To + Ordinary Verb + Rather Than + Ordinary Verb, OR (C). Had Better/Had Rather/Had Sooner/Would Rather/Would Sooner + Ordinary Verb + Than + Ordinary Verb -- Example 1: I prefer studying to playing. I would prefer studying to playing. I prefer to study rather than play. I would prefer to study rather than play. I had better study than play. I had rather study than play. I had sooner study than play. I would rather study than play. I would sooner study than play. -- Example 2: You prefer writing to talking. You would prefer writing to talking. You prefer to write rather than talk. You would prefer to write rather than talk. You had better write than talk. You had rather write than talk. You had sooner write than talk. You would rather write than talk. You would sooner write than talk.