Frequency of the Use of Prepositions in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and As You like it | ||
| Misan Journal of Acodemic Studies | ||
| Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 30, December 2016, Pages 104-113 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aqeel Mohammad; Hussein Mohammad Abdulhussein | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It also referred to as temporal frequency which emphasizes the contrast to spatial frequency and angular frequency.The period is the duration of time of one cycle in a repeating event,so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency(Wikipedia ,2016). A preposition is a word used to establish relationships between nouns , between nouns and verbs and between different parts of a sentence . Prepositions usually have spatial or temporal meanings(e.g. beneath , between ,in front of , before ,after , during ,etc). Prepositions are invariable ,that is ,they have one form with the exception of a few that contract with definite articles (Encyclopedia , 2016). Prepositions are words,usually small,that typicallyindicate information about direction,location or time.There is only a small number of prepositions in English.( Huddlestone and Pulsum:2005) It is necessary to distinguish and exclude simple sequences of verb and preposition .For almost any verb can be followed by a prepositional phrase .One can work,sit, sleep,live,die.etc in a house,under a tree or on a beach,(Palmer:1989) Perhaps,the most important way in which words differ,however,is the frequency whith which they occur.It is important because frequency determines which words a learner is likely to encounter and how often they are encountered.(Milton:2009). Section one: Prepositions | ||
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