According to language legend, a classified ad once made this intriguing offer: Antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers. And if you believe that one, I have another: Mixing ...

'He was kept in after school due to/owing to his bad behaviour.' = He was kept in after school on account of/because of his bad behaviour. 'Due to/owing to a broken propeller, the new cruise liner ...

Summary In this paper we have addressed the pattern *ðv̄- + prepositional clause/adverb in the Semitic languages. Formerly there were two approaches to explain this pattern: 1.The pattern is a verbal ...

PREPOSITIONS form a pretty exclusive club. Unlike nouns and verbs, of which there are squillions each, Wikipedia lists over a hundred modern one-word prepositions, a few two-word ("next to") and three ...

The article examines a peculiar feature of the language of Paul in Galatians, namely the occurrence of some 43 prepositional phrases with distinct theological overtones. It is suggested that these ...