Download or read book English Prepositions Explained written by Seth Lindstromberg and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely revised and expanded edition of "English Prepositions Explained (EPE)," originally published in 1998, " "covers approximately 100 simple, compound, and phrasal English prepositions of space and time with the focus being on short prepositions such as "at, by, in, "and "on. "Its target readership includes teachers of ESOL, pre-service translators and interpreters, undergraduates in English linguistics programs, studious advanced learners and users of English, and anyone who is inquisitive about the English language. The overall aim is to explain how and why meaning changes when one preposition is swapped for another in the same context. While retaining most of the structure of the original, this edition says more about more prepositions. It includes many more figures virtually all new. The exposition draws on recent research, and is substantially founded on evidence from digitalized corpora, including frequency data. "EPE" gives information and insights that will not be found in dictionaries and grammar handbooks."

Download or read book Collocation and Preposition Sense written by Yoshihito Kamakura and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between the 'sense' of the prepositions over, into and through and the combined 'form' of their preceding and following nouns, using the hypothesis that the co-occurring nouns can predict different senses of the prepositions. It uses concepts drawn from both corpus linguistics and cognitive linguistics, in particular drawing on theories of phraseology formulated by Sinclair and others and on theories of preposition meaning formulated by Langacker and Taylor. 1,366 instances of the use of the prepositions from the ICE-GB corpus were examined. The results indicate a relationship between the senses of prepositions and their co-occurring nouns together with some features of their linguistic behaviour. Over, into and through have similar patterns when their trajector and landmark are combined. The thesis draws on statistical information regarding Human, Concrete object and Abstract object classifications to explore the distribution of sense of over. It uses equivalent information relating to into and through to reinforce and amend the semantic networks for these prepositions proposed by Lakoff and by Tyler and Evans.

Download or read book Syntax and Semantics of Prepositions written by Patrick Saint-Dizier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to provide an integrated view of preposition from morphology to reasoning, via syntax and semantics. It offers new insights in applied and formal linguistics, and cognitive science. It underlines the importance of prepositions in a number of computational linguistics applications, such as information retrieval and machine translation. The book presents a wide range of views and applications to various linguistic frameworks.

Download or read book Prepositions in Old and Middle English written by Tom Lundskær-Nielsen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book covers various aspects of prepositional syntax between c. 900-1400, including case relations and the range of prepositional complements; it also examines word order, both within the PP and at clause level, and it explores changes in clausal word order. Furthermore, it provides a detailed semantic analysis of the three prepositions at, in and on in selected Old and Middle English texts, which shows to what extent the relative distribution of these prepositions changed during that period and how they gradually acquired new, extended senses.The front cover illustration renders the 895 entry of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Parker Ms., and has been reproduced with the permission of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Download or read book Connectives of English Speech written by James Champlin Fernald and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collocations in the English Language written by Manik Joshi and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collocations Dictionary - 6000 Useful Collocations - Example Sentences of Collocations - Collocation exercises A collocation is a combination of words that often used together and sound natural togetherJ.R. Firth, a British linguist first used the term "collocation" in its linguistic sense. These combinations are natural and sound "right" to native English speaker. In contrast, other combinations may be unnatural and sound "wrong".You should say "light rainfall" and not "skinny rainfall"You should say "take a printout" and not "perform a printout"You should say "dog barks" and not "dog yells"You should say "don't commit crime" and not "don't do crime"You should say "sweet memory" and not "syrupy memory"You should say "strong criticism and not "muscular criticism"Types of CollocationsSome verbs often have particular adverbs, nouns or prepositions which regularly collocate with them. Likewise, some adjectives often have particular adverbs, noun or prepositions which regularly collocate with them. Similarly, some nouns often have particular adjectives, adverbs or prepositions which regularly collocate with them.Following are the main types of collocations:01. adjective + noun collocations (e.g.: bright future)02. adjective + preposition collocations(a). adjective + about (e.g.: sure about)(b). adjective + at (e.g.: skilled at)(c). adjective + by (e.g.: shocked by)(d). adjective + for (e.g.: famous for)(e). adjective + from (e.g.: different from)(f). adjective + in (e.g.: fluent in)(g). adjective + of (e.g.: aware of)(j). adjective + on/upon (e.g.: intent on)(i). adjective + to (e.g.: answerable to)(j). adjective + with (e.g.: impatient with)03. adverb + adjective collocations (e.g.: keenly awaited)04. adverb + noun collocations (e.g.: timely justice)05. adverb + preposition (from/of) collocations (e.g.: far from)06. adverb + verb collocations (e.g.: legally entitle)07. noun + adjective collocations (e.g.: disease-free)08. noun + noun collocations (e.g.: awareness rally)09. noun + preposition collocations (a). noun + about (e.g.: confusion about)(b). noun + against (e.g.: crime against)(c). noun + at (e.g.: displeasure at)(d). noun + between (e.g.: connection between)(e). noun + for (e.g.: approval for)(f). noun + from (e.g.: exclusion from)(g). noun + in (e.g.: expert in)(h). noun + into (e.g.: influx into)(i). noun + on/upon (e.g.: consent on)(j). noun + of (e.g.: decline of)(k). noun + to (e.g.: attempt to)(l). noun + towards (e.g.: tendency towards)(m). noun + with (e.g.: discussion with)10. noun + verb collocations (e.g.: lions roar)11. verb + adverb collocations (e.g.: decide fast) 12. verb + noun collocations (e.g.: feed the bird)13. verb + preposition collocations (a). verb + about (e.g.: argue about)(b). verb + against (e.g.: conspire against)(c). verb + at (e.g.: excel at)(d). verb + between (e.g.: mediate between)(e). verb + by (e.g.: increase by)(f). verb + for (e.g.: appear for)(g). verb + from (e.g.: build from)(h). verb + in (e.g.: dissolve in)(i). verb + into (e.g.: carve into)(j). verb + of (e.g.: disapprove of)(k). verb + off (e.g.: drain off)(l). verb + on/upon (e.g.: chew on)(m). verb + out (e.g.: straighten out)(n). verb + to (e.g.: apply to)(o). verb + with (e.g.: bargain with)14. other useful collocations(a). adjective + adjective (e.g.: cool-headed)(b). adjective + adverb (e.g.: close together)(c). adverb + adverb (e.g.: almost certainly)(d). noun + adverb (e.g.: environment-friendly)(e). verb + adjective (e.g.: remain courageous)

Download or read book English Collocations in Use Advanced written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 225 Verb Preposition Combinations with Audio written by Michael DiGiacomo and published by Happy English. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including… The GRAMMATICAL PATTERN of each verb & preposition combination. A SPECIAL SECTION focusing on the meaning of prepositions. A SPECIAL SECTION featuring combinations of prepositions with the verb MADE. The USAGE of each combination showing how it is used in everyday English. EXAMPLE sentences to see how the idiom is used in context. 18 QUIZZES to help you study and remember the verbs and prepositions. ALMOST 2 HOURS of my audio lessons explaining the meaning and examples of each combination! What is a verb & preposition combination? English prepositions are often used together with verbs as set phrases. For example The verb listengenerally takes the preposition to, as in “I like to listen to jazz.” Other examples include: apologize for , belong to, care for, devote to, elaborate on, fell like, graduate from, help with, invest in, know about, look at, matter to, object to, participate in, recover from, succeed in, think of, vouch for, and write about. This book includes 225 of these combinations. Why learn verb & preposition combination? Getting the preposition right is essential for making your ideas understood in English. There is a differences between hear about and hear from. Knowing these differences, and knowing which preposition to use with which verb will help you sound more natural in English. This can help you in both everyday life and in the workplace. Of course theses preparing for the TOEFL and TOEIC exams will certainly need to know these combinations.

Download or read book 225 Verb Preposition Combinations written by Michael DiGiacomo and published by Happy English. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including… The GRAMMATICAL PATTERN of each verb & preposition combination. A SPECIAL SECTION focusing on the meaning of prepositions. A SPECIAL SECTION featuring combinations of prepositions with the verb MADE. The USAGE of each combination showing how it is used in everyday English. EXAMPLE sentences to see how the idiom is used in context. 18 QUIZZES to help you study and remember the verbs and prepositions. ALMOST 2 HOURS of my audio lessons explaining the meaning and examples of each combination! What is a verb & preposition combination? English prepositions are often used together with verbs as set phrases. For example The verb listengenerally takes the preposition to, as in “I like to listen to jazz.” Other examples include: apologize for , belong to, care for, devote to, elaborate on, fell like, graduate from, help with, invest in, know about, look at, matter to, object to, participate in, recover from, succeed in, think of, vouch for, and write about. This book includes 225 of these combinations. Why learn verb & preposition combination? Getting the preposition right is essential for making your ideas understood in English. There is a differences between hear about and hear from. Knowing these differences, and knowing which preposition to use with which verb will help you sound more natural in English. This can help you in both everyday life and in the workplace. Of course theses preparing for the TOEFL and TOEIC exams will certainly need to know these combinations.

Download or read book 181 Best English Collocations Idioms and Phrasal Verbs written by Winn Trivette II, MA and published by Winfield Trivette II. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let 181 Best English Collocations, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs be your faithful study guide whatever your level of English. A strong, comprehensive English vocabulary includes using collocations, idioms, and phrasal verbs. Don’t let these common features of spoken English ruin your career. Study 181 Best English Collocations, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs today! Get 60 collocations, idioms, and phrasal verbs (+ a bonus phrase) with example sentences that show you how to exactly use these terms correctly. Show your friends, colleagues, and boss how well you can speak in English starting today! Confidently watch a movie in English and understand its many idioms and collocations. Get 181 Best English Collocations, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs and finally improve your level of spoken English!

Download or read book Collocation written by G. Barnbrook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive description of collocation, covering both the theoretical and practical background and the implications and applications of the concept as language model and analytical tool. It provides a definitive survey of currently available techniques and a detailed description of their implementation.

Download or read book Structural and Functional Properties of Collocations in English written by Sabine Bartsch and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Noun preposition Collocations written by Christina Nicole Champenois and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is about prepositions, which often cause difficulty for editors, translators, and second-language learners. I focused specifically on noun-preposition collocations. The noun-preposition collocations for my research are taken from the 2010 Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), which is one of the most conservative and widely used style manuals. I compared the CMS guidelines to actual usage as per the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). I used COCA because it is a monitor corpus, which means that it is regularly updated and therefore reflects current usage of words and collocations better than static corpora, which have no additional material added to them. COCA is searchable by parts of speech, making it ideal for finding information about noun-preposition collocations. Also, the CMS is for American English and COCA focuses on American English materials. To gather my data, I performed COCA searches for each of the fourteen nouns that appeared in these noun-preposition collocations and analyzed the results to determine (1) which prepositions collocate with each noun and (2) whether the noun-preposition collocations in COCA are used in the same meaning contexts described in the CMS guidelines. I found that some of the nouns had additional prepositions, other than those listed in the CMS, frequently collocating with them; that some of the meaning contexts included in the CMS guidelines only partially described the meaning contexts found for the noun-preposition collocations in COCA; and that some of the guidelines provided completely full and accurate descriptions of actual usage as per COCA.

Download or read book Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English written by Laurel J. Brinton and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this carefully selected volume concerns the existence, frequency, and form of composite/complex predicates (the “take a look” construction) in earlier periods of the English language, an area of scholarship which has been virtually neglected. The various contributions seek to understand the collocational and idiomatic aspects of these structures, as well as of related structures such as complex prepositions (e.g., “on account of”) and phrasal verbs (e.g., “look up”), in their earliest manifestations. Moreover, study of these constructions at the individual stages of English leads to diachronic questions concerning their development, raising issues pertaining to grammaticalization, lexicalization, and idiomaticization-processes which are not always clearly differentiated nor fully understood.

Download or read book The Semantics of Prepositions written by Michel Aurnague & Laure Vieu and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1993 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of the papers in this volume were presented at a workshop on the semantics of prepositions held at the Institut für Angewandte Informationsforschung in February 1990. The broader topic is the conceptualization of space. The papers bring together different approaches to the mental process of interpreting prepositions, in particular, the computational processing of prepositions as predications of different cognitive domains. While no one presentation can claim to be exhaustive, it is hoped that the insights contained will inspire future discussions within cognitive linguistics.

Download or read book Collocations in a Learner Corpus written by Nadja Nesselhauf and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-27 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collocations are both pervasive in language and difficult for language learners, even at an advanced level. In this book, these difficulties are for the first time comprehensively investigated. On the basis of a learner corpus, idiosyncratic collocation use by learners is uncovered, the building material of learner collocations examined, and the factors that contribute to the difficulty of certain groups of collocations identified. An extensive discussion of the implications of the results for the foreign language classroom is also presented, and the contentious issue of the relation of corpus linguistic research and language teaching is thus extended to learner corpus analysis.

Download or read book Spatial and Temporal Uses of English Prepositions written by David C. Bennett and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1975 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: