{"product_id":"9781108506229","title":"Binomials in the History of English: Fixed and Flexible","description":"Binomials, such as for and against, dead or alive, to have and to hold, can be broadly defined as two words belonging to the same grammatical category and linked by a semantic relationship. They are an important phraseological phenomenon present throughout the history of the English language. This volume offers a range of studies on binomials, their types and functions from Old English through to the present day. Searching for motivations and characteristic features of binomials in a particular genre or writer, the chapters engage with many linguistic levels of analysis, such as phonology or semantics, and explore the important role of translation. Drawing on philological and corpus-linguistic approaches, the authors employ qualitative and quantitative methods, setting the discussion firmly in the extra-linguistic context. Binomials and their extended forms - multinomials - emerge from these discussions as an important phraseological tool, with rich applications and complex motivations.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117554319600,"sku":"9781108506229","price":75.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781108506229_p0.jpg?v=1763691439","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781108506229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}