Binomials, such as for and against, dead or alive, to have and to hold, can be broadly defined as two words belonging to the same grammatical category and linked by a semantic relationship. They are an important phraseological phenomenon present throughout the history of the English language. This volume offers a range of studies on binomials, their types and functions from Old English through to the present day. Searching for motivations and characteristic features of binomials in a particular genre or writer, the chapters engage with many linguistic levels of analysis, such as phonology or semantics, and explore the important role of translation. Drawing on philological and corpus-linguistic approaches, the authors employ qualitative and quantitative methods, setting the discussion firmly in the extra-linguistic context. Binomials and their extended forms - multinomials - emerge from these discussions as an important phraseological tool, with rich applications and complex motivations.
| ISBN: | 9781107118478 |
| Publication date: | 3rd July 2017 |
| Author: | Joanna (University of Edinburgh) Kopaczyk |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 392 pages |
| Series: | Studies in English Language |
| Genres: |
Historical and comparative linguistics Grammar, syntax and morphology Philosophy of language |