Adpositions and adpositional phrases

Abbreviations and symbols vii[-]Preface and acknowledgments ix[-]1. General introduction ix[-]2. Main objective ix[-]3. Intended readership ix[-]4. Object of description x[-]5. Organization of the material xv[-]6. History of the project and future prospects xix[-]7. Acknowledgments xxi[-]Introduction 1[-]Chapter 1[-]Adpositions: characteristics and classification 3[-]1.1. Characterization of the category adposition 5[-]1.2. A formal classification of adpositional phrases 26[-]1.3. A semantic classification of adpositional phrases 70[-]1.4. Borderline cases 164[-]1.5. Bibliographical notes 166[-]Chapter 2[-]Projection of adpositional phrases: Complementation 167[-]2.1. Nominal complements 168[-]2.2. Adpositional complements 172[-]2.3. Adjectival complements 180[-]2.4. Clausal complements 181[-]2.5. Absolute PPs 190[-]2.6. Bibliographical notes 210[-]Chapter 3[-]Projection of adpositional phrases: Modification 211[-]3.1. Spatial adpositional phrases 212[-]3.2. Temporal adpositional phrases 244[-]3.3. Non-spatial/temporal adpositional phrases 247[-]3.4. Comparative/superlative formation 249[-]3.5. Some ambiguous constructions 249[-]3.6. Bibliographical note[-]