03179nam 2200673Ia 450 991077704770332120230617040617.01-134-23727-81-281-15804-697866111580400-203-00822-7(CKB)1000000000412754(EBL)308751(OCoLC)476090880(SSID)ssj0000164987(PQKBManifestationID)11162856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164987(PQKBWorkID)10125497(PQKB)10497625(MiAaPQ)EBC308751(Au-PeEL)EBL308751(CaPaEBR)ebr10227392(CaONFJC)MIL115804(OCoLC)935263636(EXLCZ)99100000000041275420041026d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGrammaticalization and English complex prepositions[electronic resource] a corpus-based study /Sebastian HoffmannNew York ;London Routledge20051 online resource (230 p.)Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ;7Description based upon print version of record.1-138-87831-6 0-415-36049-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and indexes.Half Title: Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Data collection and research methodology; 3 Complex prepositions; 4 Grammaticalization and complex prepositions; 5 Complex prepositions; 6 Complex prepositions in Present-day English; 7 In terms of A new discourse marker; 8 Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized?; 9 Conclusion; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject indexWhat is a grammatical unit? How does grammatical structure evolve? How can we best investigate the mental representation of grammar? What is the connection between language use and language structure? This book aims to help answer such questions by presenting a detailed analysis of English complex prepositions (e.g. in spite of or with respect to) on the basis of large amounts of authentic language data dating from the Middle Ages until today.Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ;7.English languagePrepositional phrasesEnglish languageDiscourse analysisEnglish languageGrammaticalizationEnglish languagePrepositionsEnglish languagePrepositional phrases.English languageDiscourse analysis.English languageGrammaticalization.English languagePrepositions.425/.7Hoffmann Sebastian1548784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777047703321Grammaticalization and English complex prepositions3806108UNINA