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Change of Object Expression in the History of French : Verbs of Helping and Hindering.
This comprehensive case study of a systematic shift in object expression provides insight into the construal of a class of two-place activity verbs in the history of French and proposes that a change in the prepositional system underlies the shift. The book focuses on nineteen verbs of helping and h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This comprehensive case study of a systematic shift in object expression provides insight into the construal of a class of two-place activity verbs in the history of French and proposes that a change in the prepositional system underlies the shift. The book focuses on nineteen verbs of helping and hindering whose single internal object shifts from indirect to direct object during the 15th and 16th century. It describes how these verbs are distinguished from all other verbs that take indirect ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443850117 144385011X 9781443845670 1443845671 |