TY - BOOK AU - Ghesquière,Lobke TI - The Directionality of (Inter)subjectification in the English Noun Phrase: Pathways of Change T2 - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , SN - 9783110318579 AV - PE1201 .G44 2014 U1 - 425.5 22/ger PY - 2014///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Cognitive grammar KW - English language KW - Noun phrase KW - Intersubjectivity KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh KW - English KW - Intersubjectification KW - Syntax N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I. Synchrony --; Chapter 1. A functional-cognitive model of the English NP --; Chapter 2. The English NP: Structure, order and the role of (inter)subjectivity --; Part II. Diachrony --; Chapter 3. (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization: Pathways of change in the English NP --; Part III. The case studies --; Chapter 4. Data and methods --; Chapter 5. The completeness adjectives --; Chapter 6. The specificity adjectives --; Chapter 7. Such, zulk and what --; Chapter 8. Old and little: subjective compounds --; Summary Towards a reconciliation of synchrony and diachrony --; References --; Subject index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The book investigates pathways of (inter)subjectification followed by prenominal elements in the English Noun Phrase, by tracing the development of identifying, noun-intensifying and subjective compound uses. By means of in-depth corpus study, the assumed unidirectionality of (inter)subjectification in the NP is verified and refined UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110338751 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110338751 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110338751/original ER -