| Postmodifying Attributive Adjectives in English: An Integrated Corpus-Based Approach Contributor(s): Mukherjee, Joybrato (Other), Blöhdorn, Lars M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631583877 ISBN-13: 9783631583876 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $73.31 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 425.5 |
| LCCN: 2009517539 |
| Series: English Corpus Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.59 lbs) 201 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study investigates three different postmodifying adjective constructions in the English language. While English adjectives generally precede the entities they modify, they may also occur in postmodifying position. This study assumes that the different postmodifying constructions are a positional variation of attributive premodification. The support for this claim is derived from a detailed analysis of the general syntax and semantics of adjectives as well as a cross-check of previous theories with a wide range of actual language examples taken from computerized corpora. An approach from the Prague School 'Functional Sentence Perspective' enables this study to accomplish an integrated view of adjectival postmodification. |