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Brenda Maria |
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Cognitive perspective on the polysemy of the English spatial preposition over / / by Maria Brenda |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Polysemy |
Over (The English word) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CONCLUSION |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume investigates the English spatial preposition over and prepositions in general, frequently regarded as function words with little semantic content, and shows that they encode rich and diverse information, both grammatical and semantic. An important research endeavor which the present study undertakes is an examination of whether the meaning of the preposition over is in fact complex enough for the preposition to be treated as a lexical unit rather than merely a functional one. In o... |
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