English mediopassive constructions: a cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status
List of tables and figures; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Defining the object of study; Chapter 3. Previous studies; Chapter 4. Theoretical background; Chapter 5. The mediopassive in Present Day English; Chapter 6. The history of mediopassives; Chapter 7. Conclusion; References; Appen...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam New York, NY
Rodopi
2010
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| Series: | Language and computers
no. 58 |
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| Author Notes: | Marianne Hundt |
| Summary: | List of tables and figures; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Defining the object of study; Chapter 3. Previous studies; Chapter 4. Theoretical background; Chapter 5. The mediopassive in Present Day English; Chapter 6. The history of mediopassives; Chapter 7. Conclusion; References; Appendix 1. Primary material; Appendix 2. Sample pages of Sears & Roebucks catalogues; Appendix 3. Additional tables and figures; Index. 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-193) and index. - Description based on print version record Description based on print version record 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 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| 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. |
| ISBN: | 9781429481298 1429481293 |