Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
229
Language
English
Published
May 14, 2014
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0203008227
ISBN-13
9780203008225
Description
What is a grammatical unit? How does grammatical structure evolve? How can we best investigate the mental representation of grammar? What is the connection between language use and language structure? This book aims to help answer such questions by presenting a detailed analysis of English complex prepositions (e.g. in spite of or with respect to) on the basis of large amounts of authentic language data dating from the Middle Ages until today.