Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions A Corpus-Based Study |
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| Author:
| Hoffmann, Sebastian |
| Series title: | Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-36049-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $190.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.