Grammaticalization and English complex prepositions :
[Book]
a corpus-based study /
Sebastian Hoffmann.
New York :
Routledge,
2005.
1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) :
illustrations
Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 index.
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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.
Grammaticalization and English complex prepositions.
9780415360494
English language-- Discourse analysis.
English language-- Grammaticalization.
English language-- Prepositional phrases.
English language-- Prepositions.
Corpuslinguïstiek.
Engels.
English language-- Discourse analysis.
English language-- Grammaticalization.
English language-- Prepositional phrases.
English language-- Prepositions.
Grammaticalisering.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.