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E-book: Grammatical Collocations of Verbs and Prepositions

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  • Pub. Date: 07-Mar-2017
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  • Language: eng
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  • Pub. Date: 07-Mar-2017
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9783631703526

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This book presents empirical research of grammatical collocations of the type: verb and the prepositions «of» and «to». It is based on comparisons of English and Czech sentences containing verbs and prepositions that are followed by the object. The author creates English–Czech verbal prepositional counterparts and groups on the grounds of the similar semantic, syntactic features. She identifies the features that are the same for each verb group and generalizes them. The book determines trends and tendencies for verbs when they collocate with a certain preposition.



This book presents empirical research of grammatical collocations of the type: verb and the prepositions «of» and «to». It is based on comparisons of English and Czech sentences containing verbs and prepositions that are followed by the object.

Introduction 11(2)
1 Important Studies
13(4)
2 Grammatical Collocations
17(4)
3 Characteristics of Prepositions from the Morphological Aspect
21(6)
3.1 Division of Prepositions
21(2)
3.1.1 Simple and Complex Prepositions
21(1)
3.1.2 Free and Bound Prepositions
21(2)
3.2 Classification of Prepositions according to their Meaning
23(3)
3.2.1 Meaning of Place and Direction
23(1)
3.2.2 Meaning of Time
24(1)
3.2.3 Other Meanings of Prepositions
25(1)
3.3 Classification of Prepositions according to their Source and Stylistic Use
26(1)
4 Syntactical Aspect
27(10)
4.1 Verb as Determinant of the Clause Type
27(1)
4.2 Differences between Prepositional, Phrasal and Multi-word Verbs
27(5)
4.2.1 Guidelines for Distinction between Prepositional and Phrasal Verbs
30(2)
4.3 Prepositional Construction in the Function of Object
32(5)
5 Semantic Aspect
37(6)
5.1 Verbal Semantic Classification
37(2)
5.2 The Case as a Distinguishing Criterion of the Verbs
39(1)
5.3 Verb Classes by Levin
40(3)
6 Valency
43(6)
6.1 Insight into Valency
43(1)
6.2 Valency and Linguistic System
44(1)
6.3 Valency in Functional Generative Description
45(4)
6.3.1 Characterization of the Valency Field in FGD
45(2)
6.3.2 Individual Description of the Verbal Valency Frame in PDT
47(2)
7 Analysis of Verbal Prepositional Structures
49(4)
7.1 Methodology of Research
50(3)
8 Analysis of Verbal Prepositional "OF" Structures
53(24)
8.1 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Communication"
53(1)
8.2 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Consist"
54(1)
8.3 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Take away something from somebody"
55(1)
8.4 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Be guilty of a crime"
55(1)
8.5 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Purify"
56(1)
8.6 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Ask"
56(1)
8.7 Other Verbal Prepositional Structures Taking the Preposition OF
57(1)
8.8 Discussion of the Verbal Prepositional OF Structures
57(3)
8.9 Semantic Classification of Verbs Taking Preposition OF by Levin
60(14)
8.9.1 The group 10.6. Verbs of possessional deprivation: cheat verbs
61(1)
8.9.2 The group
14. Learn verbs
62(1)
8.9.3 The group 26.1. Build verbs
63(1)
8.9.4 The group 26.4. Create verbs
64(1)
8.9.5 The group 29.4. Declare verbs
65(1)
8.9.6 The group 29.5. Conjecture verbs
66(1)
8.9.7 The group 30.1. See verbs
67(1)
8.9.8 The group 31.1. Convince verbs
67(1)
8.9.9 The group 37.2. Tell
67(1)
8.9.10 The group 37.5. Talk verbs
68(1)
8.9.11 The group 37.7. Say verbs
68(1)
8.9.12 The verb Inform
69(1)
8.9.13 The group 37.8. Complain verbs
70(1)
8.9.14 The group 37.9. Advise verbs
70(2)
8.9.15 The group 47.1. Exist verbs
72(1)
8.9.16 The group 48.1.1. Appear verbs
73(1)
8.9.17 The group Accuse, convict
73(1)
8.9.18 The group Partake
74(1)
8.10 Discussion to Findings of Semantic Groups by Levin
74(3)
9 Analysis of Verbal Prepositional "TO" Structures
77(26)
9.1 Verbal Prepositional Structure "Rise to"
77(7)
9.1.1 Other Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Rise to"
80(1)
9.1.2 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Put to a higher position"
80(3)
9.1.3 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Increase the size"
83(1)
9.1.4 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Increase twice, three times, four times"
84(1)
9.2 Verbal Prepositional Structure "Fall to"
84(4)
9.2.1 Synonymous Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Fall to"
85(1)
9.2.2 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Reduce to"
86(1)
9.2.3 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Limit"
87(1)
9.3 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Relate to"
88(1)
9.4 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "React to"
89(1)
9.5 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Agree to"
90(1)
9.6 Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Meaning "Contribute to"
90(1)
9.7 Other Verbal Prepositional Structures with the Preposition "TO"
91(2)
9.8 Discussion of the Verbal Prepositional TO structures
93(4)
9.9 Prepositions in Verbal Prepositional "TO" Structures
97(1)
9.10 Semantic Classification of Verbs Taking Preposition TO according to Levin
98(5)
10 Application into Practice
103(4)
11 Discussion, Theoretical Contribution, Prospects of Study
107(2)
11.1 Discussion
107(1)
11.2 Theoretical Contribution
108(1)
11.3 Prospects of the Study
108(1)
Conclusion 109(2)
Slovak Summary 111(4)
References 115(4)
Bibliography 119(2)
Subject Index 121
Marianna Hudcoviová has studied at the Faculty of Education, Trnavská University in Trnava, Slovakia, where she received her Master degree in English language. She achieved her Doctorate degree in English Grammar from the Department of English and American Studies, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. She works at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Slovakia. Her main interests include English Morphology and Syntax, Comparative Linguistics, and Semantics of verbs.