English Prepositions Explained

This completely revised and expanded edition of English Prepositions Explained (EPE), originally published in 1998, covers approximately 100 simple, compound, and phrasal English prepositions of space and time – with the focus being on short prepositions such as at, by, in, and on. Its target readership includes teachers of ESOL, pre-service translators and interpreters, underg...

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This completely revised and expanded edition of English Prepositions Explained (EPE), originally published in 1998, covers approximately 100 simple, compound, and phrasal English prepositions of space and time – with the focus being on short prepositions such as at, by, in, and on. Its target readership includes teachers of ESOL, pre-service translators and interpreters, undergraduates in English linguistics programs, studious advanced learners and users of English, and anyone who is inquisitive about the English language. The overall aim is to explain how and why meaning changes when one preposition is swapped for another in the same context. While retaining most of the structure of the original, this edition says more about more prepositions. It includes many more figures – virtually all new. The exposition draws on recent research, and is substantially founded on evidence from digitalized corpora, including frequency data. EPE gives information and insights that will not be found in dictionaries and grammar handbooks.

Acknowledgements ix
Preface to the second edition xi
Symbols, abbreviations and features of format xiii
ch. 1 Introduction and orientation 1
ch. 2 Toward(s), to, in/into, inward, outward, through, out (of), from (vs off), away (from) 29
ch. 3 On', off, one: On the in-/outside, on top (of), back, forward, ahead, to/on the right/left (of), off, away, along out, toward(s), about, around, concerning, under, upon, on the back of 51
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Acknowledgements ix
Preface to the second edition xi
Symbols, abbreviations and features of format xiii
ch. 1 Introduction and orientation 1
ch. 2 Toward(s), to, in/into, inward, outward, through, out (of), from (vs off), away (from) 29
ch. 3 On', off, one: On the in-/outside, on top (of), back, forward, ahead, to/on the right/left (of), off, away, along out, toward(s), about, around, concerning, under, upon, on the back of 51
ch. 4 In, on', out, into: During, inside, within 72
ch. 5 Beside, along, against, alongside, aside: To/on the right/left (of) 81
ch. 6 Between, among(st): In between, amid(st), in the midst (of), in the middle (of), inter- 89
ch. 7 Across (from), opposite (from), on the other side (of), beyond: Behind, over, at the other end (of) 97
ch. 8 Behind, on the other side (of), in back (of), in front (of): Before, after, ahead of in the front/back (of) 103
ch. 9 Above, over: Across, through, via, during, throughout 109
ch. 10 Around/Round, by, past: Over, all around, all over, all across, about, on, roundabout 133
ch. 11 By, near, past: Near to, nearby, close (to), next to, around 144
ch. 12 Under, below: Beneath, underneath, at/on the bottom (of), in 156
ch. 13 Back, backward(s): One, forward, ahead 167
ch. 14 At: In, on', to, toward(s), by, near, with 173
ch. 15 Against: Near, by, on', into, at 183
ch. 16 Up, down: Off, out 189
ch. 17 Of Off, with, at, in, about, from... 205
ch. 18 With: For, to, without, together, apart (from) 214
ch. 19 For: To, of 224
ch. 20 To: With, for, against 233
ch. 21 Survey and Index of important abstract notions expressed by prepositions 243
References 263
Glossary 268
General Index 271
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