new books syntax morphology prepositions particles english discourse functional account elizabeth odowd st michael college vermont elizabeth odowd offers new discoursefunctional account categories preposition particle english explains certain words membership categories solves many intriguing puzzles long associated syntax semantics words based linguistic data extracted series actual conversations odowd provides new insights prepositions particles used meanings change across different discourse contexts time july 1998 232 pp 019 511102 8 65 00 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ information linguistics titles oxford visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org email linguistics oupusa org