Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions
A Corpus-based Study
1st Edition
Published on 9. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-138-87831-0 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
14 s/w Zeichnungen, 26 s/w Tabellen
26 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-87831-0 (9781138878310)
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Person
Sebastian Hoffmann is Lecturer in Linguistics at Zurich University, Switzerland.
Content
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