Reciprocity in English - Historical Development and Synchronic Structure

Informationen zum Autor Florian Haas is a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Jena, Germany. Klappentext This book provides the first comprehensive account of how the expression of reciprocity in English has developed and how it is organized in today's language. Combining insights from different strands of research with original corpus-based work, this study will be of interest to theoretically and descriptively oriented linguists alike. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first comprehensive account of how the expression of reciprocity in English has developed and how it is organized in today’s language. Combining insights from different strands of research with original corpus-based work, this study will be of interest to theoretically and descriptively oriented linguists alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Reciprocity in English: An Overview of the Facts and Previous Research 3. Historical Development 4. Intransitive Verbs Expressing Reciprocity 5. Reciprocity in English: A Comprehensive Perspective Primary Sources and Corpora Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Florian Haas, Florian (Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena Haas, Florian (University of Jena Haas, Haas Florian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2009
• EAN: 9780415804356
• ISBN: 978-0-415-80435-6
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic; Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics; Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Literature: history & criticism, Language: history & general works, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism, Language: history and general works