UID:
almahu_9947414342002882
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 297 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511933868 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Studies in English language
Content:
Preposition placement, the competition between preposition stranding (What is he talking about?) and pied-piping (About what is he talking?), is one of the most interesting areas of syntactic variation in English. This is the first book to investigate preposition placement across all types of clauses that license it, such as questions, exclamations and wh-clauses, and those which exhibit categorical stranding, such as non-wh relative clauses, comparatives, and passives. Drawing on over 100 authentic examples from both first-language (English) and second-language (Kenyan) data, it combines experimental and corpus-based approaches to provide a full grammatical account of preposition placement in both varieties of English. Although written within the usage-based construction grammar framework, the results are presented in theory-neutral terminology, making them accessible to researchers from all syntactic schools. This pioneering volume will be of interest not only to syntacticians, but also second-language researchers and those working on variation in English.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. Introduction -- 2. Corroborating evidence: Data and methodology -- 3. Case notes: Independent factors -- 4. Evidence I: Corpus results -- 5. Evidence II: Experimental results -- 6. Preposition placement: The case for a Construction Grammar account -- 7. Conclusion: The verdict.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521760478
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511933868
