Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions: A Corpus-based Study

By Sebastian Hoffmann

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138878316
• ISBN13: 9781138878310
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"