The English Binominal Noun Phrase

Elnora Ten Wolde

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The binomial noun phrase, or of-binomial, is an important phenomenon in the English language. Deﬁned as a noun phrase that contains two related nouns, linked by the preposition of, examples include a hell of a day and a beast of a storm. This pioneering book provides the ﬁrst extensive study of the evaluative binominal noun phrases (EBNP) in English, exploring the syntactic rules that govern them, and the (functional) semantic and pragmatic links between the two nouns. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, corpus data, and two different theoretical approaches (Construction Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar), it argues that the EBNP now functions as a stage in a grammaticalization path that begins with a prototypical N+PP construction, continues with the head-classiﬁer, and ends with two new of-binominal constructions: the evaluative modiﬁer and binominal intensiﬁer. Comprehensive in its scope, it is essential reading for researchers in syntax, semantics, and English corpus linguistics.

Book Details

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publish Date: Jul 13rd, 2023
Pages: 280
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.75in - 1.34lb
EAN: 9781108830959
Categories: • Grammar & Punctuation

About the Author

Ten Wolde, Elnora: - Elnora ten Wolde is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Graz. She has published on of-binominals, pre- and postmodiﬁcation.

Praise for this book

'The English Binomial Noun Phrase provides a comprehensive look at an often overlooked, yet important and complex aspect of the English language. This work will be a great resource for scholars and researchers.' Randi Reppen, Professor Emerita, Northern Arizona University