Iconicity and Distribution of Complex Verbal Phrases in English

Iconicity and Distribution of Complex Verbal Phrases in English

The aim of the paper is to look into how the use and distribution of complex verbal phrases in English comply with the postulates of the theories of constructional iconicity, frequency asymmetries and naturalness, especially in the initial stages of their proliferation. The three theoretical framewo...

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Main Author: Frančiška Trobevšek Drobnak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2015-12-01
Series:ELOPE
Subjects:
iconicity
frequency
naturalness
progressive
composite
deverbal
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/5230

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