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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      29 June 2023
      13 July 2023
      ISBN:
      9781108921893
      9781108830959
      9781108926164
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108921893
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.63kg, 330 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.479kg, 330 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Grammar and Syntax, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics
      Series:
      Studies in English Language
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    Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics
    Series:
    Studies in English Language
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    The binomial noun phrase, or of-binomial, is an important phenomenon in the English language. Defined as a noun phrase that contains two related nouns, linked by the preposition of, examples include a hell of a day and a beast of a storm. This pioneering book provides the first extensive study of the evaluative binominal noun phrases (EBNP) in English, exploring the syntactic rules that govern them, and the (functional) semantic and pragmatic links between the two nouns. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, corpus data, and two different theoretical approaches (Construction Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar), it argues that the EBNP now functions as a stage in a grammaticalization path that begins with a prototypical N+PP construction, continues with the head-classifier, and ends with two new of-binominal constructions: the evaluative modifier and binominal intensifier. Comprehensive in its scope, it is essential reading for researchers in syntax, semantics, and English corpus linguistics.

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    ‘The English Binomial Noun Phrase provides a comprehensive look at an often overlooked, yet important and complex aspect of the English language. This work will be a great resource for scholars and researchers.’

    Randi Reppen - Professor Emerita, Northern Arizona University

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