Minoji Akimoto

List of John Benjamins publications for which Minoji Akimoto plays a role.

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Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Syntax
This paper discusses the idiomatization process of the “give + O + to” construction (e.g. give rise to and give way to). Investigation of this construction from Middle English to Present-Day English based on various corpora shows that, in the process of change of “give + indirect object + direct… read more
This paper discusses rivalry amongst the verbs of wanting, e.g., desire, hope, want and wish. Investigation of these verbs from Middle English to present-day English based on various corpora shows that the functional and semantic expansion and reduction of these verbs during these periods have… read more
Akimoto, Minoji 2000 The grammaticalization of the verb ‘pray’Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English, Fischer, Olga, Anette Rosenbach and Dieter Stein (eds.), pp. 67–84 | Article
Akimoto, Minoji 1999 Chapter 7: Collocations and Idioms in Late Modern EnglishCollocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English, Brinton, Laurel J. and Minoji Akimoto (eds.), pp. 207–238 | Chapter
Akimoto, Minoji and Laurel J. Brinton 1999 Chapter 2: The Origin of the Composite Predicate in Old EnglishCollocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English, Brinton, Laurel J. and Minoji Akimoto (eds.), pp. 21–58 | Chapter
Brinton, Laurel J. and Minoji Akimoto 1999 Chapter 1: IntroductionCollocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English, Brinton, Laurel J. and Minoji Akimoto (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Chapter