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Whatever happened to the English prefix, and could it stage a comeback? A corpus-based investigation
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2013
This paper revisits the historical shift in English verb-particle combinations from prefixed to prepositional and adverbial forms based on qualitative and quantitative examples. It is argued that the reasons for the disappearance of the English prefix are more complex than previously thought. The paper proposes a combination of competition-based and systemic reasons while allowing for additional influence by other developments, such as verb frequency and spelling habits. A corpus-based study
doi:10.22028/d291-23631
fatcat:u76rjm4fljc4vd5v4cimnjuxce