English prepositions explained / Seth Lindstromberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindstromberg, Seth, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Prepositions.

English language.

English language--Prepositional phrases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This completely revised and expanded edition of English Prepositions Explained (EPE), originally published in 1998, covers approximately 100 simple, compound, and phrasal English prepositions of space and time - with the focus being on short prepositions such as at, by, in, and on. Its target readership includes teachers of ESOL, pre-service translators and interpreters, undergraduates in English linguistics programs, studious advanced learners and users of English, and anyone who is inquisitive about the English language. The overall aim is to explain how and why meaning changes when one preposition is swapped for another in the same context. While retaining most of the structure of the original, this edition says more about more prepositions. It includes many more figures - virtually all new. The exposition draws on recent research, and is substantially founded on evidence from digitalized corpora, including frequency data. EPE gives information and insights that will not be found in dictionaries and grammar handbooks.

Contents:

English Prepositions Explained

Title page

LCC data

Dedication

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Preface to the second edition

Symbols, abbreviations and features of format

Chapter 1. Introduction and orientation

1. Who is this book for?

2. Why not just consult a grammar handbook or dictionary?

3. Prepositions covered in this book

4. Prepositions not focused on

5. Where have the example sentences and phrases come from?

6. Prepositions in whose minds?

7. Collocations, strong collocations, fixed expressions

8. The 'Subjects' and 'Landmarks' of prepositions

8.1. The basics

8.2 People as Subjects and Landmarks

8.3 Plurals

8.4 Locating events in time

8.5 Arrangements of grammatical Subject and Landmark

8.6 Events, activities, and similar as Subject or Landmark

8.7 Grammatical subjects and landmarks in questions

8.8 Prepositions of path

8.9 Omission of lexical landmarks

8.10 Abstract Subjects and Landmarks

8.11 Secondary Landmarks

9. Meaning and form

10. Meaning, sense and usage

11. Literal, spatial meanings and abstract, figurative usages

12. Geometry, function and role

13. The icons as aids to understanding

14. Classifying prepositions

15. Prototypical (~ 'primary' or 'most representative') meanings and secondary (~ 'extended') meanings

16. Phrasal verbs (~ multi-word verbs)

17. Ordinary, idiomatic phrasal verbs vs perfective phrasal verbs

18. Prepositions, directional adverbs and particles

19. Prepositions and the guessability of idioms

20. The roles of functionality and metonymy

21. Major non-spatial notions

Chapter 2. Toward(s), to, in/into, inward, outward, through, out (of), from (vs off), away (from)

1. Overview

2. Toward(s)

2.1 The meaning of toward(s)

2.2 The suffix -ward(s)

3. To

3.1 To: Basic, meaning.

3.2 To ~ 'toward'

4. In/into

4.1 In/into vs to

4.1.1 Basic differences

4.1.2 The difference in the scale of mental images for In/into and to

4.2 In vs into

4.3 Metaphorical usages of in &amp

into

5. Inward(s)

6. Through

6.1 Two literal meanings

6.2 Metaphorical through

6.3 Metaphorical through ~ 'because of', 'by means of', 'owing to the action of'

7. Out (of)

7.1 The of in out of

7.2 Out

7.2.1 The basic meaning of out

7.2.2 Out ~ 'in all directions away from a central Landmark'

7.2.3 Out: Straightforward metaphorical usages of the basic meaning

7.3 More metaphorical senses and usages of out

7.3.1 Out for extension/expansion beyond former boundaries

7.3.2 Out ~ 'From the beginning to the end'

7.3.3 Out ~ 'better than'

7.4 Out and the matter of viewpoint

7.4.1 Leaving a house: The possible vantage points

7.4.2 Person B's viewpoint: Out &amp

ex- ~ 'not here/there', 'gone'

7.4.3 Person C's viewpoint: Out &amp

ex - ~ 'in the open', 'not hidden' ~ 'understandable' or 'available'

7.4.4 Person A's viewpoint: Out for loss of possession or supply

8. Outward(s) = 'away from the center'

9. From'

9.1 From: Literal meanings

9.1.1 From: The basic meaning

9.1.2 From and other prepositions of 'separation': Out, off, off from

9.1.3 Literal from vs of

9.2 From: Metaphorical usages

9.2.1 From for order of finishing

9.2.2 More on from vs of

9.2.3 A variation from the basic meaning: Keep from …-ing

9.2.4 From &amp

to: Different from/to &amp

similar expressions

9.3 Out of and off as colloquial alternatives to from

9.3.1 A stylistic difference between out of and from

9.3.2 A stylistic difference between off and from

10. Away (from) ~ 'farther (from)', 'in the opposite direction (from)'

10.1 Away and away from.

10.2 Away: More about its basic meaning and literal usages

10.3 Metaphorical usages of Away

10.3.1 Away for metaphorical taking and removing

10.3.2 Away for gradual disappearance

10.3.3 Away for acting freely, again and again

11. Time

Chapter 3. On1 off, on2

2. On1: 'Contact' &amp

'support'

2.1 The basic spatial meaning of on1

2.2 On1: Variations in application &amp

a variation in meaning

2.3 On1: Contact at ends &amp

edges

2.3.1 Supportive contact blends into non-supportive contact

2.3.2 Catch on, hook on…

3. On2: 'in the direction being faced' &amp

/or 'in the same direction as before'

4. Onto: 'forceful contact'

5. Off, the opposite of on1

5.1 Off as a preposition of path

5.2 Off as a preposition of place

6. On top (of)

7. On the right/left (hand)(side) (of) vs to the right/left (hand)(side)(of)

8. More about literal on2

8.1 On2 vs along, away, off

8.2 On2 vs out

8.3 On2 &amp

toward(s)

9. Some common metaphorical usages of on1 and off

9.1 On1 for metaphorical contact vs off

9.1.1 On1 with topic Landmarks vs about, around, concerning

9.1.2 The burden metaphor: on1, under, upon, off

9.1.3 On1: Forceful contact from above

9.1.4 On1: Contact from any direction, including very forceful contact

9.1.5 On1: The Landmark as an object of slower action

9.1.6 The basis metaphor: On1 &amp

do X 'on the back of' Y

9.1.7 Bet/spend x on y

9.2 On1 &amp

off: Additional common metaphorical usages

9.2.1 On1 (vs off): Accessibility, availability, existence, currency

9.2.2 Not on &amp

off ~ 'not good enough'

9.2.3 Off suggests 'up' as in lift off, take off

9.2.4 Live off x vs live on x

9.2.5 On fire/watch/guard/duty/patrol…&amp

on the run, on the go…

9.2.6 Visual contact: Look on x

10. Metaphorical on2.

11. On1&amp

on2

11.1 A probably illusory, figurative blend of on1 &amp

11.2 Are on1&amp

on2 related?

12. Time

12.1 On1 vs at &amp

in

12.2 On2 &amp

onto

12.3 Off

12.4 Ahead (of)

Chapter 4. In, on1 out, into

2. In vs other prepositions including on1

2.1 In, on, within, inside, out (of): Representative applications

2.2 In re a Landmark which is like a line, but on1 re a line of one dimension

2.3 Being 'in' without really being geometrically 'in'

3. In and its relatives

3.1 In, inside, within

3.2 Inside &amp

within vs outside &amp

without

3.3 Be in vs be on a bus, train, etc.

4. Common metaphorical usages of in(to)

5. Time

5.1 In vs on1 &amp

at

5.1.1 Long spans of time: In

5.1.2 Days: On

5.1.3 The expressions in the day/night/afternoon…

5.1.4 the morning/afternoon…of…: In vs on

5.2 Set phrases with in &amp

on

5.3 During vs in, at &amp

5.4 Do something in x seconds/minutes/hours…

5.5 Inside &amp

within

5.6 In doing (~ 'while doing') vs on doing (~ 'when doing')

Chapter 5. Beside, along, against, alongside, aside

2. Basic spatial meanings

2.1 Beside vs along, alongside

2.2 Beside &amp

along vs against

2.2.1 Place or endpoint of a path

2.2.2 Landmarks that flow: against, into, with, along

2.3 Alongside vs beside &amp

along

3. Metaphorical usages

3.1 Along

3.2 Along with ~ 'in addition to'

vs together with &amp

with

3.3 Besides

3.4 Alongside, beside ~ 'in cooperation with'

3.5 Beside yourself with anger

4. Aside

5. Right/left - to the right/left (of), etc.

6. Time

Chapter 6. Between, among(st)

2. Literal and metaphorical usages of between

2.1 Between as a preposition of place &amp

in Between.

2.2 Between: Movement to an endpoint between a double Landmark &amp

in between

2.3 Between as a preposition of path vs in Between

2.4 Between for dividing and sharing

2.5 Between for choosing, distinguishing, discerning…

2.6 The difference between/among

There's nothing in it!

2.7 Between for stating a range

3. Literal and metaphorical usages of among(st) ~ 'in a group or crowd'

4. Among vs between

5. Amid(st) vs among(st) &amp

in the midst of, in the middle (of)

6. Inter-

7. Time

Chapter 7. Across (from), opposite (from), on the other side (of), beyond

2. Across (from) vs opposite (from)

2.1 Across &amp

opposite: More about flexibility of application

3. On the other side (of) vs across (from) &amp

opposite

4. at the other/at the opposite end (of) vs on the other side (of)

5. Beyond

5.1 a typical physical scene

beyond vs on the other side of, behind &amp

over

5.2 Beyond: Metaphorical usages

Chapter 8. Behind, on the other side (of), in back (of), in front (of)

2. Behind

2.1 Behind, in back (of) vs on the other side (of)

2.2 Behind: Faces, fronts, and points of view

2.3 Behind: Metaphorical usages

3. In back (of)

4. In front (of) &amp

before

4.1 Basic meanings

4.2 In front (of) for spatial location vs before/prior (to) (&amp

after) for chronological sequence

4.3 In front (of) &amp

ahead (of) for literal and metaphorical leading

4.4 Before for location

5. In front/back (of) vs in the front/back (of)

Chapter 9. Above, over

2. Basic literal meanings of Above &amp

2.1 Above (~ 'situated directly up &amp

separated from') &amp

2.2 Above &amp

over for movement to an endpoint

2.3 Above ~ 'at a greater altitude but off to one side'.

3. More about over &amp.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612721588

9781282721586

1282721585

9789027287892

9027287899

OCLC:

663882679