: Lieselotte Brems
: Layering of Size and Type Noun Constructions in English
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110252927
: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]ISSN
: 1
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< >On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X;a sort of X;aYtype of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raised by the phrases under discussion. As a result, a construction grammar-approach to grammaticalization is developed which does justice to the syntagmatic lexical, or collocational, reclustering observed in the data within an eclectic cognitive-functional approach.


< >Lieselotte Brems, University of Leuven, Belgium.
Acknowledgements6
Table of contents8
Part I: Preliminaries14
Chapter 1: Description of the topic and state of the art15
1.1 Description of the topic: Sort of a lot of size and type nouns15
1.1.1 Size noun constructions21
1.1.2 Type noun constructions29
1.2 State of the art: reference grammars and theoretically-oriented literature on size and type nouns32
1.2.1 Discussions of SNs in the literature32
1.2.2 Discussions of TNs in the literature40
1.2.3 Conclusions: a joint treatment of SN- and TN-constructions50
Chapter 2: A cognitive-functional constructional framework for the English NP54
2.1 Requirements of a framework for SN- and TN-constructions54
2.1.1 Halliday’s systemic-functional approach55
2.1.2 Langacker (1991): A radical functional account underpinned by dependency60
2.1.3 McGregor’s semiotic grammar: Syntactic combinatorics in the NP69
2.1.4 Conclusion: An eclectic functional model of the NP72
2.2 A constructional framework of the English NP73
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