Lessons on the noun phrase in English : from representation to reference /

Lessons on the noun phrase in English : from representation to reference /

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Author / Creator:	Hirtle, W. H., author.
Imprint:	Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 405 pages : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	English language -- Noun phrase. English language -- Noun phrase. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11280136

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ISBN:	9780773576438 0773576436 9780773536043 0773536043
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-401) and index.
Other form:	Print version: Hirtle, W.H. Lessons on the noun phrase in English. Montreal ; Ithaca, NY : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 9780773536043

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Summary:	While ordinary speakers - and some linguists - assume we have a mental dictionary stocked with words ready for use, Walter Hirtle shows that this view leads to contradictions. Focusing on the English noun with its modifiers and determiners, he proposes a radically different approach, arguing that a word's meaning is formed from formative elements each time we use it.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 405 pages : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-401) and index.
ISBN:	9780773576438 0773576436 9780773536043 0773536043