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Subject(s)

• English language—Middle English, 1100-1500—Prepositions [Browse]
• English language—Middle English, 1100-1500—Semantics [Browse]

Series

• Studies in English medieval language and literature Bd. 30. [More in this series]
• Studies in English medieval language and literature, 1436-7521 ; vol. 30 [More in this series]

Summary note

"This book is a statistical study of Middle English prepositions. A detailed account of the occurrences of all prepositions in prose and poetry is given, including their dialectical and text-type distribution. All data are presented in abundant tables and figures. The analysis is based on textual evidence provided by more than 21,000 samples extracted from the Helsinki Corpus of Middle English and the Middle English Dictionary. The study demonstrates how Middle English prepositions underwent semantic erosion, either via de-lexicalisation or through collocational and idiomatic processes. The influence of French in that semantic erosion is also dealt with, and illustrated with reference to French samples from the 'Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française'"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230).

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Contents

• Machine generated contents note: ch. One Grammaticalization: Semantic Erosion And Decategorialization
• 1.Theoretical framework
• 1.1.Definition
• 1.2.What motivates grammaticalization?
• 1.3.What are the processes which lead to grammaticalization?
• 1.4.What are the mechanisms which lead to grammaticalization?
• 1.5.Is grammaticalization a unidirectional and continuous process?
• 2.Grammaticalization of English prepositions, Semantic erosion
• ch. Two Prepositional Phrases In Middle English
• 1.Tools for analysis
• 1.1.Syntactic and semantic features
• 1.2.Prepositional phrases as counterparts of case forms in Middle English
• 2.Methodology
• 2.1.A corpus-based study (Helsinki Corpus of Middle English)
• 2.2.The database
• 2.3.The data
• ch. Three Occurrences And Rates
• 1.Numbers and rates of p-Phs in Middle English
• 1.1.Aboue-Phs
• 1.2.After-Phs
• 1.3.At-Phs
• 1.4.Bi-Phs
• 1.5.Bifore-Phs
• 1.6.Bihinde-Phs
• 1.7.Biside-Phs
• 1.8.In-Phs
• 1.9.On-Phs
• 1.10.Ouer-Phs
• 1.11.Purgh-Phs
• 1.12.Under-Phs
• 2.Compilation and appraisal of the data
• ch. Four Dialectal Distribution, Composition Type And Text Type
• 1.Dialectal distribution
• 2.Type of composition (prose vs. poetry)
• 3.Text type
• ch. Five Spatial And Temporal Senses
• 1.Spatial roles
• 2.Temporal roles
• ch. Six Figurative Senses: Semantic Erosion
• 1.Aboue-Phs
• 2.After-Phs
• 3.At-Phs
• 4.Bi-Phs
• 5.Bifore-Phs
• 6.Bihinde-Phs
• 7.Biside-Phs
• 8.In-Phs
• 9.On-Phs
• 10.Ouer-Phs
• 11.Purgh-Phs
• 12.Under-Phs
• ch. Seven COLLOCATIONAL FRAMEWORK
• 1.Method and criteria for collocational patterns selection
• 2.Corpora
• 3.Data analysis
• 4.French influence on the collocational framework of prepositional phrases
• 4.1.Aboue-Phs
• 4.2.After-Phs
• 4.3.At-Phs
• 4.4.Bi-Phs
• 4.5.In-Phs
• ch. Eight Idiomatization
• 1.2.Acquisition and processing of idioms
• 1.3.Idiom formation
• 2.Idiomatic senses of Middle English prepositional phrases
• 2.1.Aboue-Phms
• 2.2.After-Phms
• 2.3.At-Phms
• 2.4.Bi-Phms
• 2.5.In-Phms
• 2.6.On-Phms.

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ISBN

• 3631611250
• 9783631611258

OCLC

700145316

RCP

H - S

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