Grammaticalization and English complex prepositions [[electronic resource] ] : a corpus-based study / / Sebastian Hoffmann

• Autore: Hoffmann Sebastian
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 425/.7
• Soggetto topico: English language - Prepositional phrases; English language - Discourse analysis; English language - Grammaticalization; English language - Prepositions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 index
• Sommario/riassunto: What 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Grammaticalization and English complex prepositions
• ISBN: 1-134-23727-8; 1-281-15804-6; 9786611158040; 0-203-00822-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777047703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; ; 7.