English noun phrases from a functional-cognitive perspective

• Titel: English noun phrases from a functional-cognitive perspective
• Titelzusatz: current issues
• Mitwirkende: Sommerer, Lotte [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Keizer, Evelien [HerausgeberIn]
• Körperschaft: ENP2019 Workshop <2019, Wien> [VerfasserIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Lotte Sommerer (University of Freiburg), Evelien Keizer (University of Vienna)
• Verlagsort: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: VI, 433 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Studies in language companion series ; volume 221
• Fussnoten: The papers in this volume form a selection from the talks presented at the workshop "The English noun phrase: synchronic and diachronic perspectives", which was organized at the English Department of the University of Vienna in July 2019 (Preface) ; Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-90-272-1017-3
• Schlagwörter: (s)Englisch / (s)Nominalphrase / (s)Kognitive Linguistik
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift: (2019 : Wien)
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: English noun phrases from a functional-cognitive perspective. - Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 433 pages)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: English noun phrases from a functional-cognitive perspective. - Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 433 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: HF 299
• Sach-SW: Essays
• K10plus-PPN: 1784508594

Abstract

Major trends in research on the English NP / Evelien Keizer and Lotte Sommerer -- Determination, modification & complementation. Refining and re-defining secondary determiners in relation to primary determiners / Kristin Davidse -- The rivalry between definiteness and specificity: the grammaticalization of definiteness in DP emergence / Fuyo Osawa -- Post-head compression in noun phrase referring expressions: structural change in interactive communication / Rahel Oppliger -- From noun to verb: modeling variation in the English gerund system / Charlotte Maekelberghe -- Shell nouns & the X-is construction. Shell nouns as epistemic stance devices in English: a study of four epistemic modal nouns and four evidential nouns / Marta Carretero -- Constructional variation and change in N-is focaliser constructions / Marianne Hundt -- Premodification in X-is constructions: fact and point / Evelien Keizer -- Binominal constructions. From an icy hell of a night to a hell of a fine story: the development of the English binominal noun phrase and beyond / Elnora ten Wolde -- Time-measurement constructions in English: a corpus-based exploration / Melanie J. Bell and Carmen Portero Muñoz -- Day to day and night after night: temporal NPN constructions in present day English / Lotte Sommerer -- Coordinated phrases as dvandvas: a competition-theoretic perspective / Kazuya Nishimaki.

Abstract

"Despite a significant increase in interest over the last two decades in the English Noun Phrase, there are still many open questions and unexplored issues. The papers collected in this volume contribute to this ongoing research by addressing a range of topics concerning the internal structure, use and development of English Noun Phrases. The eleven chapters represent three main themes: 1. Determination, modification and complementation; 2. Shell nouns and the X-is construction; 3. Binominal constructions. These topics are approached in different ways: some chapters are synchronic in nature, others diachronic; and while most subscribe to functional-cognitive modelling, some take a more formal approach. In addition, different methodologies are employed, varying from qualitative and quantitative corpus analyses to experimental methods. As a result, the contributions to this volume represent both the main topics currently discussed in research on the English Noun Phrase, and the diversity in the way these topics are investigated"--