Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-392) and index.
Theoretical argumentation for the grammaticalization and subjectification hypothesis of English adjectives of comparison in the English NP: Constructing a dynamic functional combinatory model of the English NP -- Grammaticalization and subjectification in the english NP -- English adjectives of general comparison -- The grammaticalization hypothesis -- The role of subjectivity and subjectification in the grammaticalization of prenominal adjectives of comparison -- Synchronic corpus study: Adjectives of difference -- Adjectives of identity -- Adjectives of similarity -- Adjectives of comparison in postnominal position -- Diachronic corpus studies: diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of comparison -- Diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of difference.