Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English

• Prelim pages | pp. i–iv
• Table of Contents | pp. v–x
• List of Tables | pp. xi–xii
• Preface | pp. xiii–xiv
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  Laurel J. Brinton and Minoji Akimoto | pp. 1–20
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Description of the structures studied in this volume
• 1.3 Definition of “idiom” and “collocation”
• 1.4 Problems in the diachronic development of the structures
• 1.5 Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 2: The Origin of the Composite Predicate in Old English
  Minoji Akimoto and Laurel J. Brinton | pp. 21–58
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 A note on previous studies
• 2.3 Problems for the study of composite predicates in Old English
• 2.4 Rivalry of verbs and the classification of collocations
• 2.5 Collocations of (ge)don and (ge)macian
• 2.6 Collocations of sellan and giefan
• 2.7 Collocations of (ge)niman and tacan
• 2.8 Collocations of habban
• 2.9 Discussion
• 2.10 Conclusion
• Notes
• Texts
• Chapter 3: Composite Predicates in Middle English
  Meiko Matsumoto | pp. 59–96
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Definition of a CP
• 3.3 Form of the CP in ME
• 3.4 Verbs taking the same agentive object
• 3.5 CPs and corresponding simple verbs
• 3.6 Modification of CPs
• 3.7 Passivization
• 3.8 Figurative meaning
• 3.9 Conclusion
• Notes
• Texts
• Chapter 4: Composite Predicates and Phrasal Verbs in The Paston Letters
  Harumi Tanabe | pp. 97–132
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Composite predicates in The Paston Letters
• 4.3 Composite predicates versus simple verbs
• 4.4 Idiomatization
• 4.5 Phrasal verbs in The Paston Letters
• 4.6 Conclusion
• Notes
• Texts
• Chapter 5: Verbal Phrases and Phrasal Verbs in Early Modern English
  Risto Hiltunen | pp. 133–166
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Data and sampling method
• 5.3 Verbal phrases
• 5.4 Phrasal verbs
• 5.5 Conclusion
• Appendix: The Corpus
• Notes
• Chapter 6: Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Verbs in Early Modern English
  Merja Kytö | pp. 167–206
• 6.1 Aims and approach
• 6.2 The properties and development of the verb + deverbal noun constructions
• 6.3 The selectional criteria adopted
• 6.4 The data: an overall view of the types and tokens
• 6.5 Isomorphic and non-isomorphic forms
• 6.6 Extralinguistic patterning
• 6.7 Collocational and idiomatic characteristics of the uses
• 6.8 Simple verb vs. verb + noun construction: USE vs. MAKE/HAVE USE and CARE vs. TAKE/HAVE CARE
• 6.9 Conclusion
• Appendix: The verb + noun constructions excerpted from the Early Modern English section of the Helsinki Corpus included in this study
• Notes
• Chapter 7: Collocations and Idioms in Late Modern English
  Minoji Akimoto | pp. 207–238
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Verbo-nominal structures
• 7.3 Preposition + NP + prepositional phrases
• 7.4 Phrasal verbs
• 7.5 How does idiomatization take place?
• 7.6 Concluding remarks
• Notes
• Texts
• Chapter 8: A Historical Overview of Complex Predicate Types
  Elizabeth Closs Traugott | pp. 239–260
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Stability in the structure of complex predicates
• 8.3 Changes in the set of strings defined as complex predicates
• 8.4 Changes in degree of compositionality
• 8.5 Complex predicates, lexicalization, and idiomatization
• 8.6 Summary
• Notes
• | pp. 261–274
• Subject Index | pp. 275–280
• Name Index | pp. 281–283

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