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More support for more-support : the role of processing constraints on the choice between synthetic and analytic comparative forms

Title
More support for more-support : the role of processing constraints on the choice between synthetic and analytic comparative forms / Britta Mondorf.
Author
Mondorf, Britta, 1963-
Publication
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2009.

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Description
xi, 222 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in language variation ; v. 4
Uniform Title
Studies in language variation ; v. 4.
Subject
  • English language > Comparison
  • English language > Adjective
  • Comparison (Grammar)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction -- Theoretical preliminaries -- Methodological preliminaries -- More-support in phonology -- More-support in morphology -- More-support in the lexicon -- More-support in syntax -- More-support in semantics -- More-support in pragmatics/iconicity -- The emergence of more-support in diachrony -- More-support in British and American English -- Conclusion -- Theoretical implications and outlook -- References.
Call Number
JFE 10-2633
ISBN
  • 9789027234841 (hb : alk. paper)
  • 9027234841 (hb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009014291
OCLC
317824679
Author
Mondorf, Britta, 1963-
Title
More support for more-support : the role of processing constraints on the choice between synthetic and analytic comparative forms / Britta Mondorf.
Imprint
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2009.
Series
Studies in language variation ; v. 4
Studies in language variation ; v. 4.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216) and indexes.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-2633
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