English prepositions explained /

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Author / Creator:Lindstromberg, Seth, 1947-
Edition:Rev. ed.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2010.
Description:viii, 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8137743
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ISBN:9789027211736 (alk. paper)
9027211736 (alk. paper)
9789027211743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9027211744 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9789027287892 (eb : alk. paper)
9027287899 (eb : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p.[263]-267) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • -1. Prelim pages
  • 0. Table of contents
  • 1. Acknowledgements
  • 2. Preface to the second edition
  • 3. Symbols, abbreviations and features of format
  • 4. Chapter 1 Introduction and orientation
  • 5. Chapter 2 Toward(s), to, in/into, inward, outward, through, out (of), from (vs off), away (from)
  • 6. Chapter 3 On 1 , off, on 2
  • 7. Chapter 4 In, on 1 , out, into
  • 8. Chapter 5 Beside, along, against, alongside, aside
  • 9. Chapter 6 Between, among(st)
  • 10. Chapter 7 Across (from), opposite (from), on the other side (of), beyond
  • 11. Chapter 8 Behind, on the other side (of), in back (of), in front (of)
  • 12. Chapter 9 Above, over
  • 13. Chapter 10 Around/Round, by, past
  • 14. Chapter 11 By, near, past
  • 15. Chapter 12 Under, below
  • 16. Chapter 13 Back, backward(s)
  • 17. Chapter 14 At
  • 18. Chapter 15 Against
  • 19. Chapter 16 Up, down
  • 20. Chapter 17 Of
  • 21. Chapter 18 With
  • 22. Chapter 19 For
  • 23. Chapter 20 To
  • 24. Chapter 21 Survey and Index of important abstract notions expressed by prepositions
  • 25. References
  • 26. Glossary
  • 27. General index