The function and use of TO and OF in multi-word units:
"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. Looking at historical roots and earlier corpus lingu...
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| Summary: | "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. Looking at historical roots and earlier corpus linguistic research, this study demonstrates that both OF and TO have clear semantic and pragmatic functions. The book analyses corpora from three types of text: spoken, semi-prepared spoken such as speeches, and written fiction to explore how the two words are used in English overall and what genre-specific characteristics stand out"-- |
| Physical Description: | XV, 171 S. Ill, graph. Darst. |
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Acknowledgements xiii
List of Abbreviations Xiv
1 Introduction 1
1.1 What this book wants to achieve 1
1.2 Structure of the book 2
2 The Background: From Historical Descriptions of
TO and OF to Contemporary Corpus-Based Evidence 4
2.1 Introduction 4
2.2 The historical use of prepositions, with a focus
on OF and TO 6
2.3 OF and TO empirical and corpus-based descriptions 9
3 OF and TO Usage in Fiction 17
3.1 Introduction 17
3.2 Salient features across the sub-corpora 19
3.3 Differences between sub-corpora 36
3.4 Summing up 43
4 OF and TO in Semi-Prepared Speech 44
4.1 Introduction 44
4.2 The sources 45
4.3 The "normal" distribution patterns 47
4.4 The distribution patterns of OF and TO
within corpora 50
4.5 The use of TO in podcasts 52
4.6 OF usage compared in the two types of podcast 60
4.7 Single-speaker vs multiple-speaker material 65
4.8 Summing up 71
5 OF and TO Usage in Spoken Texts 73
5.1 Introduction 73
5.2 Usage patterns in spoken corpora 75
5.3 Overall usage patterns for OF 77
5.4 Usage patterns for TO 82
5.5 Summing up 89
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Contents
6 Discussion: Usage Patterns for OF and
TO in British English 91
6.1 Introduction 9]
6.2 OF and TO - compared horizontally 92
6.3 OF and TO - compared vertically 98
6.4 Summing up 118
7 Implications for the Teaching of English 120
7.1 The background 120
7.2 The core clusters 123
7.3 Summing up 132
8 Conclusion 133
Appendix 141
Notes 157
Bibliography 162
Index 167 |
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