English mediopassive constructions :: a cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status /

This book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction. On a more abstract level, it co...

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1. Verfasser: Hundt, Marianne
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Language and computers ; no. 58.
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Zusammenfassung:This book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction. On a more abstract level, it combines the corpus-based description of mediopassive constructions with cognitive linguistic models, drawing largely on notions such as 'prototype', 'family resemblances', 'patch' and 'construction'. The theoretical modelling is largely based on data from real texts. These come from publicly availabl.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index.
ISBN:9781429481298
1429481293
9789401203784
9401203784