English adjective comparison : a historical perspective /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	González-Díaz, Victorina.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 252 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 299 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 299.
Subject:	English language -- Adjective. English language -- Comparison. English language -- Adjective. English language -- Comparison. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11218064

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9789027290953 9027290954 1282105280 9781282105287 9789027248152 902724815X 9786612105289 6612105283
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 accounted 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 only on the 'standard' comparative strategies (i.e. inflectional and periphrastic forms), but also deals with double pe.
Other form:	Print version: González-Díaz, Victorina. English adjective comparison. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008

Similar Items