English prepositions : their meanings and uses /
This book provides an integrated account of the main prepositions of English, outlining their various forms and illustrating contrastive senses. It is written in a clear and accessible style, and will be of interest to to students and scholars of the English language, including instructors of Englis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- A story to tell
- Part I: The Stage is Set. Grammatical roles
- Phrasal verbs
- Prepositional verbs
- Part II: The Players. The mainstays: Of, for
- Supporting artists: By, with, together, together-with, except(-for), but(-for), despite, in-spite-of
- The central spatial prepositions: At, to, toward(s), from
- Enclosure: In, into, out, out-of; within, without, inside(-of), outside(-of)
- Connection and adjacency: On, upon, onto, off, off-of; against; beside(s)
- Superiority: Up, up-to, down
- Position: Over, under, above, below, beneath, underneath; behind, ahead(-of), in-front(-of), back, forth, forward(s), backward(s); beyond, near(-to), close-to, far-from; along, alongside, across, through, throughout
- Distribution: Among(st), amid(st), between, in-between; (a)round; about, concerning
- Separation: Apart(-from), aside(-from), away(-from)
- Temporal: Since, because(-of); until/till, up-until/up-till; during; after, afterward(s), before, beforehand; past; and more
- Do it your way.