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This book provides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and semantics of important prepositional complementation patterns dependent on the prepositions in, to, at, on, with, and of in current English. The investigation is based on a sample of matrix verbs that governs the pattern of sentential complementation. The data includes the Brown and LOB corpora, English dictionaries and grammars, and the intuitions of native speakers.Rudanko sets up taxonomies of matrix verbs and argues that they often can be based on relatively few core classes. He questions whether verbs selecting a pattern also select other patterns of sentential complementation. Noting the quantity and quality of such alternation, he observes how differences in form are linked to differences in meaning. The study of relevant matrix verbs, supplemented with discussion of alternation and other syntactic and semantic properties of the patterns, points to the semantic functions that are associated typically with each pattern of complementation.

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Why is the Isle of Dogs in the Thames called Isle of Dogs? Did King Canute’s men bring English usage back to Jutland? How can we find out where English speakers suck their breath in to give a short response? And what did the Brontës do about dialect and think about foreign languages? The answers are in this collection of empirical work on English past and present in honour of Nils-Lennart Johannesson, Professor of English Language at Stockholm University. The first five chapters report individual studies forming an overview of current issues in the study of Old and Middle English phonology, lexis and syntax. The next six look at Early Modern and Modern English from a historical point of view, using data from corpora, manuscript archives, and fiction. Two more look at the Old English scholar JRR Tolkien and his work. The remaining chapters discuss aspects of Modern English. Several use corpora to look at English usage in itself or in relation to Swedish, French, or Norwegian. The last three look at grammatical models, the pragmatics of second language use, and modern English semantics.

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This edited volume presents 30 years of English didactics research (1988-2017) in Norway. As a collection of chapters, each representing a doctoral study, the book is a complete overview of all doctoral research within the field. Each study discusses empirical, methodological and theoretical contributions, and implications for teaching English as a second or additional language (L2) today.

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Bajo la dirección de Robert Wilson, director de la colección y fundador de la colección "Aprender idiomas en 5 días". ¿Aprender inglés de manera sencilla y divertida? ¡Ahora es posible! Con el famoso método Wilson y sus cursos en 30 minutos cada día, no más, el lector tiene la mejor oportunidad de aprender inglés con éxito. Sin perder el tiempo con informaciones innecesarias, con una lección por día y con una colección de 10 libros que abordan, según las necesidades, los temas más importantes que hay que dominar en la práctica: las errores mas frecuentes (el primer tomo); las bases del ingles (este tomo); las frases claves (el Nº3); el inglés americano (tan alejado del inglés de Gran Bretaña, y que constituye el tomo el Nº 4), etc., se podrá asimilar y aprender la gramática, el vocabulario, la construcción de sus propias frases... Este método serio, lúdico y atractivo, adecuado para todos, de aprendizaje rápido, organizado en lecciones de 30 minutos, de dificultad gradual, le permitirá dominar en poco tiempo las nociones básicas del inglés de manera que pueda entablar y mantener una conversación. Cada capitulo incluye ejercicios y ejemplos que le ayudarán a asimilar fácilmente las cuestiones gramaticales y la sintaxis de esta lengua. El libro también le ofrece un diccionario básico con las palabras más habituales. Gracias a esta obra (la Nº 2 en la colección), el lector descubrirá que el inglés no es un idioma que resulte difícil de aprender.

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Bringing together an international range of contributors, this book explores face-to-face uses of English in a range of grassroots multilingual contexts.

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