English Comparative Correlatives: Diachronic and Synchronic Variation at the Lexicon-Syntax Interface
Author:   Thomas Hoffmann
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   276
Publication Date:   02 May 2019
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Author:   Thomas Hoffmann
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781108477215


ISBN 10:   1108477216
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   02 May 2019
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Format:   Hardback
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1. Introduction; 2. Previous research; 3. The diachronic evolution of English CCs: a constructionist account; 4. Synchronic properties of the standard British and American English CC construction network; 5. A contrastive view: German versus English comparative correlatives; 6. Variation and mental grammars: the view from World Englishes; Conclusion: the role of constructional networks.

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Thomas Hoffmann is Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is author of Preposition Placement in English (Cambridge, 2011) and he is currently writing the textbook Construction Grammar: The Structure of English for the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics series.

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