Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2011
Introduction
The previous chapters have set out the structure of premodifiers in English, from both synchronic and diachronic points of view. This chapter is broader, discussing the zones themselves, grammaticalisation in the premodifiers, and – more broadly still – other theories of the order. The purpose is to complement the analysis of their structure with discussion of their significance for other areas of linguistics, including particular points of understanding, approaches taken and methodology.
Introduction
In chapter 2, zones were presented in little more than assertion – that premodification in English nominal phrases is a structure of zones. This section draws on chapters 3 to 9 to vindicate that assertion, and to show their full significance.
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