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BL
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649586
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| Main Entry
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Breban, Tine,1980-
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| Title & Author
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English adjectives of comparison : : lexical and grammaticalized uses /\ by Tine Breban
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin ;New York :: De Gruyter Mouton,, c2010
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| Series Statement
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Topics in English linguistics ;; 63
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| Page. NO
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xii, 395 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9783110205800 (alk. paper)
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: 3110205807 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Theoretical argumentation for the grammaticalization and subjectification hypothesis of English adjectives of comparison in the English NP: Constructing a dynamic functional combinatory model of the English NP -- Grammaticalization and subjectification in the english NP -- English adjectives of general comparison -- The grammaticalization hypothesis -- The role of subjectivity and subjectification in the grammaticalization of prenominal adjectives of comparison -- Synchronic corpus study: Adjectives of difference -- Adjectives of identity -- Adjectives of similarity -- Adjectives of comparison in postnominal position -- Diachronic corpus studies: diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of comparison -- Diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of difference
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| Subject
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English language-- Adjective
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English language-- Grammar
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Grammar, Comparative and general
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| Dewey Classification
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425
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| LC Classification
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PE1241.B74 2010
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