Grammaticalization and English complex prepositions : a corpus-based study / Sebastian Hoffmann.
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TextSeries: Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; 7.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415360498
- 9780415360494
- 425.7 22
- PE1335 .H64 2005
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Data collection and research methodology -- 3. Complex prepositions : indivisible units or free constructions? -- 4. Grammaticalization and complex prepositions -- 5. Complex prepositions : a diachronic overview -- 6. Complex prepositions in present-day English -- 7. In terms of : a new discourse marker -- 8. Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized? -- 9. Conclusion -- App. I. The texts of the Gutenberg corpus -- App. II. David Lee's genre categorization scheme.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Data collection and research methodology -- 3. Complex prepositions : indivisible units or free constructions? -- 4. Grammaticalization and complex prepositions -- 5. Complex prepositions : a diachronic overview -- 6. Complex prepositions in present-day English -- 7. In terms of : a new discourse marker -- 8. Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized? -- 9. Conclusion -- App. I. The texts of the Gutenberg corpus -- App. II. David Lee's genre categorization scheme.
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