English Adjective Comparison - A historical perspective

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English Adjective Comparison-A historical perspective-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 periphrastic comparatives, thus providing an analysis of the whole range of comparative structures in English.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The origin of periphrastic comparatives
Chapter 3. French influence and the spread of periphrastic
comparatives in English
Chapter 4. Inflectional v. periphrastic comparison in EModE and LModE
Chapter 5. Inflectional v. periphrastic comparison in Present-day English
Chapter 6. Double periphrastic comparatives in English: Linguistic development
Chapter 7. Double periphrastic comparatives: A socio-stylistic analysis
Chapter 8. Comparatives and beyond
References
Index

Victorina Gonzalez-Diaz, "English Adjective Comparison - A historical perspective"
2008-08-15 | 252 pages | PDF | 5 MB


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