English Noun Phrase - The Nature of Linguistic Categorization

Zusammenfassung This study explores different types of noun phrase in English! discussing the interaction between their form! meaning and use. Drawing on authentic examples! it addresses the question of how different noun phrases are structured! and how we produce and understand them - shedding light on the nature of linguistic classification. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. The Structural Approach: Possibilities and Limitations: 2. Headedness within the NP; 3. Close appositions; 4. Appositions with of; 5. Binominals; 6. Pseudo-partitives; 7. Sort/kind/type-constructions; 8. Conclusion; Part II. The Cognitive-Pragmatic Approach: Some Applications: 9. The flexibility of language; 10. Complements and modifiers; 11. Discontinuous NPs; 12. Possessive constructions: 'the author's opinions vs. the opinion of the author'; 13. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Evelien Keizer, Evelien (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Keizer, Keizer Evelien
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2007
• EAN: 9780521849616
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84961-6
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: Studies in English Language; Studies in English Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc