Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions A Corpus-based Study
Heftet /
2015
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138878310
Publisert
2015-02-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
307 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Sebastian Hoffmann is Lecturer in Linguistics at Zurich University, Switzerland.
What is a grammatical unit? How does grammatical structure evolve? How can we best investigate the mental representation of grammar? What is the connection between language use and language structure? This book aims to help answer such questions by presenting a detailed analysis of English complex prepositions (e.g. in spite of or with respect to) on the basis of large amounts of authentic language data dating from the Middle Ages until today.
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This book offers a diachronic and synchronic description of complex prepositions (e.g. in view of, by way of) in English and discusses the theoretical justification for their classification as a grammatical category.
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1. Introduction 2. Data Collection and Research Methodology 3. Complex Prepositions - Indivisible Units or Free Constructions? 4. Grammaticalization and Complex Prepositions 5. Complex Prepositions - a Diachronic Overview 6. Complex Prepositions in Present-Day English 7. In Terms of - a New Discourse Marker 8. Are Low-Frequency Complex Prepositions Grammaticalized? 9. Conclusion
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138878310
Publisert
2015-02-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
307 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Sebastian Hoffmann is Lecturer in Linguistics at Zurich University, Switzerland.