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On English Prepositions
On English Prepositions

Author(s): Tatiana Iaţcu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: semantic change; grammatical categories; preposition; grammatical constructions; compound verbs

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents, in a short chronological order, the evolution of English prepositions among the other parts of speech and its importance in the formation, development and semantic change of English compound verbs.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 166-175
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English