Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions

A Corpus-based Study

AvSebastian Hoffmann

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-09
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:307 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138878310

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Sebastian Hoffmann is Lecturer in Linguistics at Zurich University, Switzerland.

Innehållsförteckning

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