Semantic Erosion of Middle English Prepositions
Author:   Luis Iglesias-Rábade
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   30
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9783631611258


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   08 February 2011
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Semantic Erosion of Middle English Prepositions


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Author:   Luis Iglesias-Rábade
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   30
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9783631611258


ISBN 10:   3631611250
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   08 February 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Contents: Grammaticalization – Semantic erosion – Decategorialization – Grammaticalization of Middle English Prepositions: From concreteness to abstractness – Occurrences of Middle English prepositions – Middle English prepositions: Dialectal distribution, composition-type distribution, text-type distribution – Spatial, temporal and figurative (semantic erosion) senses of Middle English prepositions – Collocational and idiomatic processes of Middle English prepositions: French influence.

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Luis Iglesias-Rábade obtained his Master’s degree in English Philology and in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). He received his PhD in English and German from the Seville University. Now he is Professor of English at the University of Santiago de Compostela and Head of the Department of English and German Studies. He lectures on Old and Middle English language. The Author has published several books and articles on various aspects of the history of the English language, focusing on the Middle English period.

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