Publication

2014 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

98,000 words, Guess

Page Count

392 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPE1335
  • LCCPE1335 .Y36 2015eb

Description

"This book investigates preposition placement in the early and late Modern English periods (1500-1900), with special focus on preposition stranding (The house which I live in) in contrast to pied pipping (The house in which I live). Based on a large-scale analysis in precept and usage data, this study reassesses this alleged influence of late eighteenth-century narrative works on language usage. It also sheds new light on the origins of the stigmatisation or preposition stranding."

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Grammar, Rhetoric and Usage in English: Preposition Placement, 1500-1900Cambridge University Press2014-01-01

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