Collocational and idiomatic aspects of composite predicates in the history of English /
The focus of this carefully selected volume concerns the existence, frequency, and form of composite/complex predicates (the "take a look" construction) in earlier periods of the English language, an area of scholarship which has been virtually neglected. The various contributions seek to...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©1999.
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| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 47. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253507 |
| Summary: | The focus of this carefully selected volume concerns the existence, frequency, and form of composite/complex predicates (the "take a look" construction) in earlier periods of the English language, an area of scholarship which has been virtually neglected. The various contributions seek to understand the collocational and idiomatic aspects of these structures, as well as of related structures such as complex prepositions (e.g., "on account of") and phrasal verbs (e.g., "look up"), in their earliest manifestations. Moreover, study of these constructions at the individual stages of English leads. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1556199333 9781556199332 9027230501 9789027230508 9789027298751 9027298750 |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |