This book offers the first comprehensive study of Middle English prepositions and adverbs combining the prefix «be-» with a preposition, an adverb or a numeral recorded in prose texts. Six best established lexemes, i.e., «before, beyond, behind, beneath, between» and «betwixt» are analysed. The investigated aspects include the semantics of the prepositions and adverbs, their dialectal and textual distribution as well as their frequency of use viewed both from a synchronic and diachronic perspective. The study draws on the linguistic data retrieved from a collection of specially selected complete prose texts from the «Innsbruck Corpus of Middle English Prose». The description of the obtained results is enhanced with numerous tables and figures.
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Ewa Ciszek-Kiliszewska is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland). Her research interests focus on various aspects of English historical linguistics, in particular Old and Middle English semantics, dialectology, morphosyntax and word-formation.
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Condition: Sehr gut. 224 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 22 cm Tadelloses Exemplar. - Table o f Contents -- L ist o f T ab le s 11 -- L ist o f F ig u r e s 15 -- L ist o f A b b re v ia tio n s 21 -- A c k n o w le d g e m e n ts ; 23 -- I n tr o d u c tio n 25 -- 01 A im 25 -- 02 Material, method and tools25 -- 03 Theoretical approach 27 -- 04 Structure27 -- C h a p te r 1: M id d le E n g lish P re p o s itio n s a n d A d v e rb s 29 -- 11 Introduction29 -- 12 Middle English period 29 -- 121 Middle English chronology 30 -- 122 Middle English dialects 30 -- 13 Middle English prepositions32 -- 131 Development of Middle English prepositions from -- Old English case markers 33 -- 132 Features of Middle English prepositions34 -- 14 Previous studies on Middle English prepositions and adverbs 35 -- 15 Prepositions and adverbs selected for the study 38 -- 16 The prefix bi-lbe- 38 -- Chapter 2: Methodology and data collection41 -- 21 Introduction 41 -- 22 (Computerised) Corpus linguistics methodology 41 -- 221 Method introduction and first corpora41 -- 222 Historical corpora 43 -- 223 Middle English corpora44 -- 2231 Middle English part of the Helsinki Corpus 44 -- 2232 Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Middle English45 -- 2233 Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse 46 -- 2234 Middle English Grammar Corpus 46 -- 2235 Innsbruck Corpus of Middle English Prose 47 -- 224 Historical dictionaries as databases 47 -- 2241 Middle English Dictionary Online 48 -- 2242 Oxford English Dictionary Online 48 -- 23 Innsbruck Corpus texts selected for the present study 49 -- 231 Texts selection method49 -- 232 Temporal division 49 -- 233 Dialectal distribution and the number of words52 -- 24 Semantics of prepositions and adverbs55 -- Chapter 3: ME biföre(n) (preposition/adverb/conjunction) 57 -- 31 Etymology of biföre(n)57 -- 32 Semantics in Middle English prose 57 -- 321 Preposition biföre(n) 57 -- 322 Adverb biföre(n)62 -- 323 Preposition and adverb biföre(n): a summary and comparison 66 -- 324 Conjunction biföre(n) 66 -- 325 Preposition, adverb and conjunction biföre(n): a summary and -- comparison68 -- 33 Corpus analysis68 -- 331 Temporal distribution of biföre(n)68 -- 332 Textual and dialectal distribution and token frequency -- of biföre(n) 71 -- 3321 Early Middle English texts71 -- 3322 Late Middle English texts 75 -- 3323 Early and Late Middle English texts: a comparison 81 -- C h a p te r 4: M E b iyö n d (e) (p re p o s itio n /a d v e rb ) 83 -- 41 Etymology of biyönd(e)83 -- 42 Semantics in Middle English prose 83 -- 421 Preposition biyönd(e) 83 -- 422 Adverb biyönd(e)86 -- 423 Preposition and adverb biyönd(e): a summary and comparison 87 -- 43 Corpus analysis 88 -- 431 Temporal distribution of biyönd(e) 88 -- 432 Textual and dialectal distribution and token frequency -- of biyönd(e) 90 -- 4321 Early Middle English texts 91 -- 4322 Late Middle English texts 92 -- 4323 Early and Late Middle English texts: a comparison 97 -- C h a p te r 5: M E b ih in de(n ) ( p r e p o s itio n /a d v e rb )101 -- 51 Etymology of bihtnde(n)101 -- 52 Semantics in Middle English prose101 -- 521 Preposition bihinde(n) 101 -- 522 Adverb bihlnde(n) 104 -- 523 Preposition and adverb bihinde(n): a summary and -- comparison 108 -- 53 Corpus analysis 109 -- 531 Temporal distribution of bihlnde(n)109 -- 532 Textual and dialectal distribution and token frequency -- of bihinde(n)I l l -- 5321 Early Middle English texts 112 -- 5322 Late Middle English texts115 -- 5323 Early and Late Middle English texts: a comparison 121 -- Chapter 6: ME binethe(n) (preposition/adverb)123 -- 61 Etymology of binethe(n) 123 -- 62 Semantics in Middle English prose123 -- 621 Preposition binethe(n)123 -- 622 Adverb binethe(n) 126 -- 623 Preposition and adverb binethe(n): a summary and comparison 129 -- 63 Corpus analysis130 -- 631 Temporal distribution of binethe(n)130 -- 632 Textual and dialectal distribution and token frequency -- oibinethe(n)132 -- 6321 Early Middle English texts132 -- 6322 Late Middle English texts136 -- 6323 Early and Late Middle English texts: a comparison 140 -- Chapter 7: ME bitwene (preposition/adverb) 143 -- 71 Etymology of bitwene 143 -- 72 Semantics in the Middle English prose143 -- 721 Preposition bitwene144 -- 722 Adverb bitwene 148 -- 723 Preposition and adverb bitwene: a summary and comparison 149 -- 73 Corpus analysis150 -- 731 The temporal distribution of bitwene150 -- 732 Textual and dialectal distribution and token frequency -- of bitwene152 -- 7321 Early Middle English texts152 -- 7322 Late Middle English texts156 -- 7323 Early and Late Middle English texts: a comparison 161 -- Chapter 8: ME bitwix(en) (preposition/adverb)163 -- 81 Etymology of bitwix(en) 163 -- 82 Semantics in Middle English prose163 -- 821 Preposition bitwix(en) 163 -- 822 Adverb bitwix(en) 169 -- 823 Preposition and adverb bitwix(en): a summary and comparison 170 -- 824 Prepositions bitwene and bitwix(en): a comparison170 -- 825 Adverbs bitwene and bitwix(en): 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