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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457755503321

Autore

Dewell Robert B

Titolo

The meaning of particle/prefix constructions in German [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Dewell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-28670-X

9786613286703

90-272-8365-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

Human cognitive processing, , 1387-6724 ; ; v. 34

Disciplina

435

Soggetti

German language - Verb phrase

German language - Syntax

Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb phrase

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction and overview -- pt. 2. Particle verb constructions -- pt. 3. Prefixed verb constructions -- pt. 4. Comparisons and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This is really two books in one: a valuable reference resource, and a groundbreaking case study that represents a new approach to constructional semantics. It presents a detailed descriptive survey, using extensive examples collected from the Internet, of German verb constructions in which the expressions durch ('through'), über ('over'), unter ('under'), and um ('around') occur either as inseparable verb prefixes or as separable verb particles. Based on that evidence, the author argues that the prefixed verb constructions and particle verb constructions themselves