Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English: 47 (Studies in Language Companion Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027230501 ISBN 13: 9789027230508

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1999

Synopsis

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 to diachronic questions concerning their development, raising issues pertaining to grammaticalization, lexicalization, and idiomaticization-processes which are not always clearly differentiated nor fully understood.

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Synopsis

The analysis of complex verbs, phrasal verbs and complex prepositions carried out in this volume demonstrates the interrelations among grammaticalization, lexicalization and idiomization. The text also argues that the synchronic and diachronic sides of language complement each other.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027230501
• ISBN 13: 9789027230508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Brinton Laurel J., Akimoto Minoji