How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions?
08 lug 2014
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Pubblicato online: 08 lug 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2014-0003
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© 2014 Kazuyuki Yamaguchi
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the semantic changes of English complex prepositions and to argue that they are explained on the basis of two possible mechanisms of semantic change.