Synchronic Consequences of Diachronic Changes: With Reference to English Causal Complex Prepositions
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This study aims at providing a synchronic distribution of English causal complex prepositions because of, by reason of, due to, owing to, and thanks to on the basis of the 100 million-word British National Corpus (BNC). This study displays general distribution of the English causal complex prepositions focusing on high frequency and persistence. Genre-specific uses of the causal complex prepositions are also discussed in terms of specialization (Hopper 1991) and subjectivity (Pander Maat and Sanders 2000). Specialization does not entail the elimination of other causal complex prepositions but leads to a layering of the causal connectives, which is manifested as textual preferences. The differences in meaning and use of the English causal complex prepositions can be identified in terms of subjectivity. Subjectivity is evidenced in changing distribution and co-occurrence patterns.
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This study aims at providing a synchronic distribution of English causal complex prepositions because of, by reason of, due to, owing to, and thanks to on the basis of the 100 million-word British National Corpus (BNC). This study displays general distribution of the English causal complex prepositions focusing on high frequency and persistence. Genre-specific uses of the causal complex prepositions are also discussed in terms of specialization (Hopper 1991) and subjectivity (Pander Maat and Sanders 2000). Specialization does not entail the elimination of other causal complex prepositions but leads to a layering of the causal connectives, which is manifested as textual preferences. The differences in meaning and use of the English causal complex prepositions can be identified in terms of subjectivity. Subjectivity is evidenced in changing distribution and co-occurrence patterns.
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