Sebastian Hoffmann

Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions (eBook, ePUB)

A Corpus-based Study

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134237265
• Artikelnr.: 38263018

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