A discourse-functional account of the categories preposition and particle in English. Explaining why certain words have membership in both categories and solving puzzles associated with the syntax and semantics of these words. The author provides new insights into how prepositions and particles are used and how their meaning can change. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499. . 1998. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Prepositions and Particles in English
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0195111028
ISBN 13: 9780195111026
Binding: Hardcover
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Elizabeth M. O'Dowd offers a new, discourse-functional account of the categories "preposition" and "particle" in English. She explains why certain words have membership in both categories, and solves many intriguing puzzles long associated with the syntax and semantics of these words. Based on linguistic data extracted from a series of actual conversations, O'Dowd provides new insights into how prepositions and particles are used, and how their meanings can change across different discourse contexts over time.

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Elizabeth M. O'Dowd is at St Michael's College, Vermont.

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