Grammaticalization and English complex prepositions : a corpus-based study /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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Colección: | Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ;
7. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Half Title: Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Data collection and research methodology; 3 Complex prepositions; 4 Grammaticalization and complex prepositions; 5 Complex prepositions; 6 Complex prepositions in Present-day English; 7 In terms of A new discourse marker; 8 Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized?; 9 Conclusion; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.