Sebastian Hoffmann

Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions

A Corpus-Based Study

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a diachronic and synchronic description of complex prepositions (e.g. in view of, by way of) in English and discusses the theoretical justification for their classification as a grammatical category.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9781138878310
• ISBN-10: 1138878316
• Artikelnr.: 42834981

Autorenporträt

Sebastian Hoffmann is Lecturer in Linguistics at Zurich University, Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

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