English allows the stacking of multiple prepositions in complex prepositional phrase modifiers

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... Multiple prepositions and verb prefixes Our data can be used to examine the use of multiple prepositions or prepositional phrase stacking ... English ( 1.28 ) and German ( 1.30 ) and is equal to that in Norwegian ( 1.20 ) ( see Tanigawa ... How languages describe spatial motion events has been a hotly discussed topic in recent years in cognitive linguistics and linguistic typology. This two-volume book provides new descriptions and proposals on this fascinating topic, based on a large-scale experimental study of motion event descriptions in almost 20 languages across the globe as part of a research project conducted by NINJAL. The chapters are based on papers presented at international conferences (most at NINJAL international symposium held in January 2019, some at International Cognitive Linguistics Conferences in 2017 and 2019). This volume provides valuable descriptions of familiar and unfamiliar languages as well as insightful discussions of controversial issues based on those descriptions. This book would interest stude This two-volume book provides new descriptions and proposals on this fascinating topic, based on a large-scale experimental study of motion event descrip... See more about this book Series Yo Matsumoto, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Tokyo, Japan. Yo Matsumoto, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Tokyo, Japan. See more about this author Write a review Smartphones and tablets Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone . It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.