{"product_id":"middle-english-prepositions-and-adverbs-with-the-prefix-be-in-prose-texts-a-study-in-their-semantics-dialectology-and-frequency-9783631724811","title":"Middle English Prepositions and Adverbs with the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first comprehensive study of Middle English prepositions and adverbs combining the prefix «be-» with a preposition, an adverb or a numeral recorded in prose texts. Six best established lexemes, i.e., «before, beyond, behind, beneath, between» and\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e«betwixt»\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eare analysed. The investigated aspects include the semantics of the prepositions and adverbs, their dialectal and textual distribution as well as their frequency of use viewed both from a synchronic and diachronic perspective. The study draws on the linguistic data retrieved from a collection of specially selected complete prose texts from the «Innsbruck Corpus of Middle English Prose». The description of the obtained results is enhanced with numerous tables and figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiddle English prepositions and adverbs with the prefix «be-» in prose texts – «Before, beyond, behind, beneath, between» and «betwixt» – Semantics – Dialectal distribution – Textual distribution – Frequency – Synchronic and diachronic – «Innsbruck Corpus of Middle English Prose» – Conjunction – Grammaticalization – Subjectification.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044394828119,"sku":"9783631724811","price":46.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631724811.jpg?v=1750961484","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/middle-english-prepositions-and-adverbs-with-the-prefix-be-in-prose-texts-a-study-in-their-semantics-dialectology-and-frequency-9783631724811","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}