The grammar of expressivity /
Daniel Gutzmann
The grammar of expressivity / - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (xx, 287 pages) : illustrations 2918 pages;
This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language. Based on case studies of expressive adjectives, intensifiers, and vocatives, it offers a new analysis of expressivity that bridges the gap between semantic and syntactic accounts, and shows that expressivity is a syntactic feature and not a purely semantic phenomenon
9780198812135
English language Grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Grammar & Punctuation
REF 425.019 G98
The grammar of expressivity / - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (xx, 287 pages) : illustrations 2918 pages;
This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language. Based on case studies of expressive adjectives, intensifiers, and vocatives, it offers a new analysis of expressivity that bridges the gap between semantic and syntactic accounts, and shows that expressivity is a syntactic feature and not a purely semantic phenomenon
9780198812135
English language Grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Grammar & Punctuation
REF 425.019 G98