Multi-word verbs in early modern English : a corpus-based study.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claridge, Claudia.

Contributor:

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Series:

Language and computers : studies in practical linguistics ; no. 32.

Language and computers : studies in practical linguistics ; no. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Verb phrase.

English language.

Physical Description:

317 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 2000.

Contents:

2. The Lampeter Corpus of Early Modern English Tracts 4

2.1 General Characteristics of the Lampeter Corpus 5

2.2 The Lampeter Corpus as a Mirror of 17th- and 18th-century England 10

3. Multi-word Verbs as a Group 26

3.1 An Attempt at a Definition 26

3.2 Classification Schemes for Multi-word Verbs 31

3.3 Proposed Classification 39

3.4 Common Concerns 41

4. Categories of Multi-word Verbs 46

4.1 Phrasal Verbs 46

4.2 Prepositional Verbs 56

4.3 Phrasal-prepositional Verbs 64

4.4 Verb-adjective Combinations 66

4.5 Verbo-nominal Combinations 69

5. The History of Multi-word Verbs 83

5.1 Old and Middle English 83

5.2 Early Modern English 96

5.3 Late Modern English to Present-day English 101

6. Patterns of the Past: Multi-word Verbs in the Lampeter Corpus 105

6.1 General Patterns 106

6.2 Lexical Patterns 110

6.2.1 Verbs 110

6.2.2 The Non-verbal Elements 124

6.3 Semantic Patterns? 140

6.4 Syntactic Patterns 146

7. Frequencies and Tendencies 170

7.1 One Hundred Years of Continuity and Change 171

7.2 Stability and Productivity 179

7.3 Register Variation 185

8. Attitudes and Alternatives 198

8.1 Contemporary Awareness of and Attitudes towards Multi-word Verbs 198

8.2 Alternatives to Multi-word Verbs 220

9. Making a Choice 228

9.1 Semantic Subtleties 228

9.2 Author and Audience 247

9.3 Syntax and Message 260.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

ISBN:

9042004592

OCLC:

45035677