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Behind the mask : a book about prepositions
Explores through rhyming text the subject of prepositions and how they're used.
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L’absence et la compensation : en l’absence de, faute de, à défaut de, par manque de
In this article, I study a group of complex prepositions linked semantically by the notion of absence of an entity or event, seen as a circumstance for another situation: en l’absence de, faute de, à défaut de, par manque de. I first discuss the semantics of the constituent nouns of these prepositions as a prerequisite to studying their role in the constitution of the prepositions focussed on. I then argue for abandoning the very common treatment of prepositions as relators, showing that the prepositions I consider cannot be treated as mere relators. I then examine tests that show that the members of this group belong to complex prepositions, while demonstrating the proximity of some of them to other constructions, such as participial clauses. Next, I study the regime of these prepositions, showing that they present important differences that I try to explain by their structure. Finally, I analyze the syntactic and semantic differences between the various prepositions.
Journal Article
Who is up there? : a book about prepositions
\"Scarlett, Ping, Bernard, and William use prepositions as they play hide-and-seek at the farm. Scarlett finds everyone, but there is a noise in the loft. Who is up there?\"-- Provided by publisher.
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'To' or 'Against'?: The Interpretation of לצאָבי in 2 Chr 28:20
The preposition לצַ, which contributes to the interpretation of 2 Chr 28:20 as a whole, should be understood as 'against', not 'to'. Relatedly, אׁיָב is best translated in v. 20 with a sense of hostility.
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Hide-and-seek : a first book of position words
\"In this playful and interactive concept book, little readers will learn their positional prepositions as Bear, Fox and Owl play a game of hide-and-seek.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions
What is a grammatical unit? How does grammatical structure evolve? How can we best investigate the mental representation of grammar? What is the connection between language use and language structure? This book aims to help answer such questions by presenting a detailed analysis of English complex prepositions (e.g. in spite of or with respect to) on the basis of large amounts of authentic language data dating from the Middle Ages until today.
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Linguistic and non-linguistic cues in motion event endpoint description: The selection between English to and towards
The current study aims to explore the factors that could affect people’s description of a motion event endpoint. The study conducted by Liao, Dijkstra, and Zwaan (
2021
,
Language and Cognition
,
13
[2], 161–190) found that two non-linguistic factors (i.e., the actor’s goal and the interlocutor’s social status) affect people’s choice between two Dutch directional prepositions (i.e.,
naar
and
richting
) during event description tasks. The current study aims to extend these findings by examining the choice between a similar pair of directional prepositions in English (i.e.,
to
and
towards
). Moreover, we aim to study whether grammatical aspect (i.e., the English simple present and the English progressive aspect) affects the sensitivity to the two non-linguistic factors and consequently also affects how people describe a motion event endpoint. In Experiment 1, we used the English simple present for all sentence stimuli (e.g.,
he walks (?) the trash bin
). We found a significant effect of Interlocutor (the interlocutor’s social status) on preposition choice, but no significant effect of Intention (the actor’s goal). In Experiment 2, we replaced the English simple present with the English progressive aspect (e.g.,
he is walking (?) the trash bin
). We found significant main effects of both Interlocutor and Intention on preposition choice. These findings extend those reported in Liao et al. (
2021
)
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
, 35(4), 498–520 in that protagonist intention and interlocutor status were found to indeed affect motion event endpoint description. The current findings furthermore show that grammatical aspect affects people’s sensitivity to these factors, thus also affecting how a motion event endpoint is described.
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