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050 00 $aPE1335$b.H63 2011
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100 1 $aHoffmann, Thomas,$d1976-
245 10 $aPreposition Placement in English :$bA Usage-based Approach /$cThomas Hoffmann.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c[2011], ©2011.
300 $axix, 297 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aStudies in English Language
520 $a"Preposition placement, the competition between preposition stranding (What is he talking about?) and pied-piping (About what is he talking?), is one of the most interesting areas of syntactic variation in English. This is the first book to investigate preposition placement across all types of clauses that license it, such as questions, exclamations and wh-clauses, and those which exhibit categorical stranding, such as non-wh relative clauses, comparatives, and passives. Drawing on over 100 authentic examples from both first-language (English) and second-language (Kenyan) data, it combines experimental and corpus-based approaches to provide a full grammatical account of preposition placement in both varieties of English. Although written within the usage-based construction grammar framework, the results are presented in theory-neutral terminology, making them accessible to researchers from all syntactic schools. This pioneering volume will be of interest not only to syntacticians, but also second language researchers and those working on variation in English"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 280-294) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. 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.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xPrepositions.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xSyntax.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xGrammar.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General$2bisacsh.
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