Alternative Medicine : Update

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910557347703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: IntechOpen
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The meaning of particle/prefix constructions in German / / Robert B. Dewell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910972534603321
• Autore: Dewell Robert B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011
• ISBN: 9786613286703; 9781283286701; 128328670X; 9789027283658; 9027283656
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 pages)
• Collana: Human cognitive processing, , 1387-6724 ; ; v. 34
• Disciplina: 435
• Soggetti: German language - Verb phrase; German language - Syntax; Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb phrase
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Meaning of Particle / Prefix Constructions in German; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Part I. Introduction and overview; 1. Particle / prefix constructions and the study of constructional meaning; 2. Route-path expressions and other basic concepts; Part II. Particle verb constructions; 3. Intransitive particle verb constructions; 4. Particle verbs with accusative FGs; 5. ; UM- verbs and reflexive-trajectors; 6. DURCH- verbs with accusative routes; Part III. Prefixed verb constructions; 7. Prefixed verbs and holistic paths. 8. Prefixed verbs and multi-directional paths9. Prefixed verb constructions with an implicit LM; Part IV. Comparisons and conclusions; 10. Contrasting über- and ÜBER- (and unter- and UNTER- ); 11. Contrasting durch- and DURCH-; 12. The meaning of the constructions; References; Index of subjects and names; Index of verbs; 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