Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Theoretical argumentation for the grammaticalization and subjectification hypothesis of English adjectives of comparison in the English NP -- 1. Constructing a dynamic functional combinatory model of the English NP -- 2. Grammaticalization and subjectification in the English NP -- 3. English adjectives of general comparison -- 4. The grammaticalization hypothesis -- 5. The role of subjectivity and subjectification in the grammaticalization of prenominal adjectives of comparison -- Part II. Synchronic corpus study -- 6. Adjectives of difference -- 7. Adjectives of identity -- 8. Adjectives of similarity -- 9. Adjectives of comparison in postnominal position -- Part III. Diachronic corpus studies -- 10. Diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of comparison -- 11. Diachronic corpus study of six adjectives of difference -- 12. Summary -- Backmatter