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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815344703321

Titolo

Collocational and idiomatic aspects of composite predicates in the history of English / / edited by Laurel J. Brinton, Minoji Akimoto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1999

ISBN

1-282-16298-5

9786612162985

90-272-9875-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Studies in language companion series, , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 47

Altri autori (Persone)

BrintonLaurel J

AkimotoMinoji <1941->

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Syntax

English language - Grammar, Generative

English language - Grammar, Historical

English language - Verb phrase

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 (p. [261]-274) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

COLLOCATIONAL AND IDIOMATIC ASPECTS OF COMPOSITE PREDICATES IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. The Origin of the Composite Predicate in Old English; CHAPTER 3. Composite Predicates in Middle English; CHAPTER 4. Composite Predicates and Phrasal Verbs in The Paston Letters; CHAPTER 5. Verbal Phrases and Phrasal Verbs in Early Modern English; CHAPTER 6. Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Verbs in Early Modern English: A corpus-based study of MAKE, HAVE, GIVE, TA

CHAPTER 7. Collocations and Idioms in Late Modern EnglishCHAPTER 8. A Historical Overview of Complex Predicate Types; References; Subject Index; Name Index; STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS)

Sommario/riassunto

The focus of this carefully selected volume concerns the existence, frequency, and form of composite/complex predicates (the "take a look" construction) in earlier periods of the English language, an area of scholarship which has been virtually neglected. The various contributions seek to understand the collocational and idiomatic



aspects of these structures, as well as of related structures such as complex prepositions (e.g., "on account of") and phrasal verbs (e.g., "look up"), in their earliest manifestations. Moreover, study of these constructions at the individual stages of English leads