English Adjective Comparison
Title | English Adjective Comparison PDF eBook |
Author | Victorina González-Díaz |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 902724815X |
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 ccounted 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 on the 'standard' comparative strategies (i.e. inflectional and periphrastic forms) only, but also deals with double periphrastic comparatives, thus providing an analysis of the whole range of comparative structures in English.
English Adjectives of Comparison
Title | English Adjectives of Comparison PDF eBook |
Author | Tine Breban |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110205807 |
Topics in English Linguistics Bernd Kortmann, University of Freiburg Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Stanford University The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. English Adjectives Of Comparison Tine Breban, K.U. Leuven The book is concerned with a largely unrecognized grammaticalization process: deictification, or the development from quality-attributing to deictically used adjectives in the English noun phrase. On the basis of the synchronic and diachronic corpus-study of six English adjectives of comparison, deictification is shown to involve unstudied variants of subjectification and decategorialization.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Title | Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Woodford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1550 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780521824231 |
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.
Adjectives and Comparison in English
Title | Adjectives and Comparison in English PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Rusiecki |
Publisher | Longman Publishing Group |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century
Title | The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Pound |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest
Title | Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest PDF eBook |
Author | Brian P. Cleary |
Publisher | Millbrook Press ™ |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1467743151 |
What are comparatives and superlatives? After reading this book, you'll have a much clearer idea and will be the best at forming these descriptive words! Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable explain how these forms of adjectives compare nouns, through the cleverest rhymes and illustrations that are sillier than ever. Each comparative or superlative word is printed in color for easier identification. Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest: What Are Comparatives and Superlatives? turns traditional grammar lessons on end. Read it aloud and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.
The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century
Title | The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Pound |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 101 |
Release | 2015-06-26 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781330405062 |
Excerpt from The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century The following dissertation deals with the comparison of adjectives in English in the middle period of development. The fifteenth and the sixteenth century represent the transition from Middle to New English, when forms and spellings are being fixed, and the fate of many new constructions determined. A systematic survey of the morphological and syntactical facts connected with the history of adjective comparison in these centuries is necessary to a complete history of adjective comparison in English, a history which may well be worked out century by century. Further, such inquiry should help to fix chronologically the shifts of meaning in certain irregular or anomalous comparatives and superlatives, and the development of certain new forms. Throughout, two things have been kept steadily in mind, the relation of the forms and constructions discussed to those in preceding centuries, to Old English and Middle English, and, second, their relation to the forms and constructions found in Shakespeare and later English. Shakespeare, coming at the close of the sixteenth century, marks the terminus ad quern of the period here treated. Frequent reference is made in the following to Franz's Shakespeare Grammatik, a book which is indispensable to the student of Elizabethan English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.