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Title Collocational and idiomatic aspects of composite predicates in the history of English / edited by Laurel J. Brinton, Minoji Akimoto.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., [1999]
©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 283 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 47
Studies in language companion series ; v. 47. 0165-7763
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and indexes.
Contents COLLOCATIONAL AND IDIOMATIC ASPECTS OF COMPOSITE PREDICATES IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. The Origin of the Composite Predicate in Old English; CHAPTER 3. Composite Predicates in Middle English; CHAPTER 4. Composite Predicates and Phrasal Verbs in The Paston Letters; CHAPTER 5. Verbal Phrases and Phrasal Verbs in Early Modern English; CHAPTER 6. Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Verbs in Early Modern English: A corpus-based study of MAKE, HAVE, GIVE, TA.
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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Subject English language -- Syntax.
English language -- Syntax.
English language -- Grammar, Generative.
English language -- Grammar, Generative.
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
English language -- Verb phrase.
English language -- Verb phrase.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Brinton, Laurel J.
Akimoto, Minoji, 1941-
Other Form: Print version: Collocational and idiomatic aspects of composite predicates in the history of English. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1999 (DLC) 99010762
ISBN 1556199333 (U.S. ; alkaline paper)
9781556199332 (U.S. ; alkaline paper)
9027230501 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9789027230508 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9789027298751 (electronic book)
9027298750 (electronic book)