There is no other book which uses this approach
Will be recommended reading on courses such as corpus linguistics, English language and grammaticalisation
The book surpasses all previous books on complex prepositions thanks to its level of coverage
Sebastian Hoffmann is Lecturer in Linguistics at Zurich University, Switzerland.
1. Introduction 2. Data Collection and Research Methodology 3. Complex Prepositions - Indivisible Units or Free Constructions? 4. Grammaticalization and Complex Prepositions 5. Complex Prepositions - a Diachronic Overview 6. Complex Prepositions in Present-Day English 7. In Terms of - a New Discourse Marker 8. Are Low-Frequency Complex Prepositions Grammaticalized? 9. Conclusion