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The Function and Use of TO and OF in Multi-Word Units

The Function and Use of TO and OF in Multi-Word Units

Michael Pace-Sigge

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2015
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Lingüística histórica y comparada
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9781137470300
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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.

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