The function and use of to and of in multi-word units

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The function and use of to and of in multi-word units

Michael Pace-Sigge

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-166) and index

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内容説明

The highly frequent word items TO and OF are often conceived merely as prepositions, carrying little meaning in themselves. This book disputes that notion by analysing the usage patterns found for OF and TO in different sets of text corpora.

目次

1. Introduction 2. The Background: From Historical Descriptions of TO and OF to Contemporary Corpus-Based Evidence 3. OF and TO Usage in Fiction 4. OF and TO in Semi-prepared Speech 5. OF and TO Usage in Spoken Texts 6. Discussion: Usage patterns for OF and TO in British English 7. Implications for the Teaching of English 8. Conclusion

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