Postmodifying Attributive Adjectives in English: An Integrated Corpus-Based Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783631583876)

This study investigates three different postmodifying adjective constructions in the English language. While English adjectives generally precede the entities they modify, they may also occur in postmodifying position. This study assumes that the different postmodifying constructions are a positional variation of attributive premodification. The support for this claim is derived from a detailed analysis of the general syntax and semantics of adjectives as well as a cross-check of previous theories with a wide range of actual language examples taken from computerized corpora. An approach from the Prague School 'Functional Sentence Perspective' enables this study to accomplish an integrated view of adjectival postmodification.

Author: Joybrato Mukherjee,Lars M. Blöhdorn
ISBN-10: 3631583877
ISBN-13: 9783631583876
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2008
Pages: 201
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.47d