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Verbs of motion in medieval English

Title
Verbs of motion in medieval English / Michiko Ogura.
Author
Ogura, Michiko.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2002.

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Description
ix, 164 pages : illustrations
Subject
  • English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Verb
  • Motion > Terminology
  • 18.04 English language
  • English language > Middle English > Verb
  • Motion
  • Altenglisch
  • Bewegungsverb
  • Mittelenglisch
  • Werkwoorden van beweging
  • Oudengels
  • Middelengels
  • Altenglisch
  • Mittelenglisch
Genre/Form
  • Dictionary
  • dictionaries.
  • Dictionaries.
  • Terminology.
  • Dictionnaires.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.
Contents
Ch. I. Introduction. 1. General Remarks. 2. Comparison with Verbs of Motion in Other Germanic Languages. 3. Verbs of Motion Unexpressed -- Ch. II. The Rivalry among Synonyms. 1. The Rivalry between the Gan-Group and the Faran-Group. 2. The Merging of OE Faran and Feran. 3. Verbs Denoting 'To Turn'. 4. The Come-and-Go Contrast. 5. Other Verbs which Show Rivalry -- Ch. III. The Reflexive Construction. 1. Reflexive vs. Non-Reflexive. 2. OE Gewitan. 3. The Reflexive in Imperative Constructions -- Ch. IV. 'Impersonal' Uses of Verbs of Motion. 1. Without Dative of Person. 2. With Dative of Person -- Ch. V. Verbs with Preposed or Postposed Elements. 1. Prefix/Particle-Verb vs. Verb-Particle. 2. Prefixes with Adverbial Counterparts. 3. Bound Morphemes as Prefixes. 4. Verbs with Prepositional Phrases. 5. The Type Weg Niman. 6. Idiomatic Expressions with Verbs of Motion -- Ch. VI. Verbs of Motion as Auxiliaries. 1. Cuman/Gan + Infinitive. 2. Cuman/Gan + Present Participle. 3. Gewitan + Infinitive and Witan + Infinitive. 4. Onginnan + Infinitive -- Ch. VII. Present and Past Participles of Verbs of Motion. 1. Transitive vs. Intransitive. 2. Habban + Past Participle vs. Beon/Wesan + Past Participle. 3. Beon/Wesan + Present Participle -- Ch. VIII. Loan Verbs of Motion. 1. Native Verbs vs. Loan Verbs. 2. Loan Verbs vs. Loan Verbs -- Ch. IX. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0859917681
  • 9780859917681
LCCN
2002008048
OCLC
  • ocm49903037
  • 49903037
  • SCSB-1272296
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library