Index

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xiii
4. Abbreviations xv
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2. The origin of periphrastic comparatives 15
7. Chapter 3. French influence and the spread of periphrastic comparatives in English 51
8. Chapter 4. Inflectional v. periphrastic comparison in EModE and LModE 75
9. Chapter 5. Inflectional v. periphrastic comparison in Present-day English 109
10. Chapter 6. Double periphrastic comparatives in English: Linguistic development 135
11. Chapter 7. Double periphrastic comparatives: A socio-stylistic analysis 159
12. Chapter 8. Comparatives and beyond 215
13. References 227
14. Index 249