The thesis of this study is that the prepositions of prepositional objects are not devoid of meaning, but rather occupy significative-semantic niches (semantic roles). The prepositional area is substantively structured through these corpus-based, acquired prepositional niches, thereby differentiating prepositional objects from adjuncts. In terms of grammatical theory, the study thus integrates valence theory and construction grammar.

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Dagobert Höllein, University of Kassel, Germany.