The function and use of TO and OF in multi-word units /

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. Looking at historical roots and earlier corpus linguistic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pace-Sigge, Michael, 1970-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general > Prepositions. Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax. Functional discourse grammar. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Background
3. OF and TO Usage in Fiction.
4. OF and TO in Semi-prepared Speech
5. Usage in Spoken Texts
6. Usage patterns for OF and TO in British English
7. Implications for the Teaching of English
8. Conclusion.