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Prepositions and Particles in English : a Discourse-functional Account.
A discourse-functional account of the categories preposition and particle in English. Explaining why certain words have membership in both categories and solving puzzles associated with the syntax and semantics of these words. The author provides new insights into how prepositions and particles are...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Abbreviations and Transcription Conventions; 1 The "P" Phenomenon; 2 Syntactic Solutions to the Problem of P; 3 Semantic Solutions to the Problem of P; 4 The Problem Revisited: A Data-driven Approach; 5 P in Discourse: Orienting, Situating, and Linking; 6 Landmarks as Contextual Props; 7 Prepositions, Particles, and Pragmatic Focus; 8 P in Construction; 9 The Historical Picture: P and Specialization; 10 The Big Picture; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.