9. Adjectives of comparison in postnominal position

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of contents VII
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Theoretical argumentation for the grammaticalization and subjectification hypothesis of English adjectives of comparison in the English NP
5. 1. Constructing a dynamic functional combinatory model of the English NP 11
6. 2. Grammaticalization and subjectification in the English NP 40
7. 3. English adjectives of general comparison 57
8. 4. The grammaticalization hypothesis 79
9. 5. The role of subjectivity and subjectification in the grammaticalization of prenominal adjectives of comparison 111
10. Part II. Synchronic corpus study
11. 6. Adjectives of difference 149
12. 7. Adjectives of identity 197
13. 8. Adjectives of similarity 241
14. 9. Adjectives of comparison in postnominal position 273
15. Part III. Diachronic corpus studies
16. 10. Diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of comparison 287
17. 11. Diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of difference 321
18. 12. Summary 351
19. Backmatter 361