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Preface |
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List of abbreviations and symbols |
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1 Separable complex verbs |
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1 | (13) |
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1 | (6) |
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1.2 Preverbs, a pervasive phenomenon |
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7 | (4) |
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11 | (3) |
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2 The paradox of particle verbs |
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14 | (38) |
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14 | (1) |
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2.2 Particles: words or constituents? |
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14 | (4) |
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2.3 Particles: XPs that are syntactic predicates |
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18 | (11) |
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2.4 Particle order and predicate order |
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29 | (6) |
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2.5 The analysis of particles in the literature |
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35 | (13) |
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2.6 The role of Information Structure in English |
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48 | (2) |
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2.7 Conclusion and outlook |
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50 | (2) |
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3 The synchronic analysis of Dutch SCVs |
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52 | (40) |
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52 | (1) |
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3.2 Particles as non-projecting words |
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53 | (16) |
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3.3 The semantic structure of SCVs |
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69 | (11) |
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3.4 SCVs as constructional idioms |
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80 | (10) |
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90 | (2) |
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4 The diachronic analysis of Dutch SCVs |
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92 | (29) |
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4.1 Introduction: the grammaticalization of SCVs |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (9) |
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4.3 Reanalysis and argument structure |
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104 | (13) |
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4.4 The diachrony of SCVs with nominal and adjectival predicates |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (2) |
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5 The lexical decomposition of Present-Day English verb particle combinations |
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121 | (18) |
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121 | (1) |
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5.2 Information Structure and particle order versus predicate order |
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122 | (3) |
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5.3 The semantics of PDE verb particle combinations |
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125 | (3) |
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5.4 PDE particles as optionally projecting words |
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128 | (5) |
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5.5 PDE verb particle combinations and word formation |
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133 | (1) |
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5.6 Other resultative constructions |
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134 | (2) |
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5.7 Discussion and conclusions |
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136 | (3) |
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6 The diachrony of the English verb particle combination |
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139 | (35) |
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139 | (1) |
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6.2 Old and Middle English word order: OV, VO and finite verb movement |
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140 | (4) |
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6.3 The morphosyntactic status of particles in the history of English |
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144 | (9) |
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6.4 The role of particles in the syntax of Old and Middle English |
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153 | (19) |
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6.5 Discussion and conclusions |
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172 | (2) |
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7 The diachrony of prefixes in West Germanic |
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174 | (36) |
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174 | (2) |
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7.2 Early Germanic prefixes |
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176 | (7) |
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183 | (8) |
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7.4 The diachrony of prefixes |
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191 | (16) |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (4) |
Appendix: Historical corpora of English and Dutch |
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214 | (2) |
Notes |
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216 | (10) |
References |
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226 | (13) |
Author index |
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239 | (3) |
Subject index |
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