Binomials in the History of English by Joanna Kopaczyk, Hans ... - 9781107544260

Cambridge University Press

Binomials in the History of EnglishFixed and Flexible\nAuthor(s): Joanna Kopaczyk, Hans Sauer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107544260, 978-1107544260\nSynopsis\nBinomials, such as for and against, dead or alive, to have and to hold, can be broadly defined as two words belonging to the same grammatical category and linked by a semantic relationship. They are an important phraseological phenomenon present throughout the history of the English language. This volume offers a range of studies on binomials, their types and functions from Old English through to the present day. Searching for motivations and characteristic features of binomials in a particular genre or writer, the chapters engage with many linguistic levels of analysis, such as phonology or semantics, and explore the important role of translation. Drawing on philological and corpus-linguistic approaches, the authors employ qualitat.