Synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use. Series: Studies in English Language. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b/w illus. 110 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 580. . 2011. hardcover. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Premodifiers in English: Their Structure and Significance (Studies in English Language)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1107000866
ISBN 13: 9781107000865
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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The order and behaviour of the premodifier (an adjective, or other modifying word that appears before a noun) has long been a puzzle to syntacticians and semanticists. Why can we say 'the actual red ball', but not 'the red actual ball'? And why, conversely, do some other premodifiers have free variation in sentences; for example we can say both 'German and English speakers' and 'English and German speakers'? Why do some premodifiers change the meaning of a phrase in some contexts; for example 'young man', can mean 'boyfriend', rather than 'man who is young'? Drawing on a corpus of over 4,000 examples of English premodifiers from a range of genres such as advertising, fiction and scientific texts, and across several varieties of English, this book synthesises research into premodifiers and provides a new explanation of their behaviour, order and use.

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Jim Feist is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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