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1 online resource (xviii, 320 pages). |
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Trends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs ; 289
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Outline of the Study; 2 Theoretical and Methodological Preliminaries; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Functional-Typological Approach; 2.2.1 Cross-linguistic comparison, universals of language, and linguistic diversity; 2.2.2 Usage-based typological explanations; 2.3 The Notion of Adverbial Clause; 2.3.1 Subordination and adverbial clauses; 2.3.1.1 The formal approach to the definition of subordination; 2.3.1.2 The functional approach to the definition of subordination; 2.3.1.3 Cognitive asymmetry, assertiveness, and adverbial clauses. |
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2.3.2 Towards a comparative concept of adverbial clauses2.3.3 Definitions of the individual semantic types; 2.3.3.1 Temporal clauses; 2.3.3.2 Conditional clauses; 2.3.3.3 Concessive clauses; 2.3.3.4 Causal clauses; 2.3.3.5 Purpose clauses; 2.3.3.6 Result clauses; 2.3.3.7 The modal relations; 2.4 Methodological Preliminaries; 2.4.1 Language sampling; 2.4.2 Scope of the analysis; 3 The Structure of Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 TAM Marking; 3.2.1 Tense and aspect; 3.2.2 Fixed tense-aspect marking and individual adverbial clause types; 3.2.3 Mood. |
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3.3 The Categorial Status of the Verb3.3.1 Nominalizations; 3.3.2 Infinitives; 3.3.3 Participles; 3.3.4 Converbs; 3.4 The Coding of the Arguments; 3.4.1 Argument indexation; 3.4.2 Argument coding as possessor or oblique; 3.4.3 Subject expression under coreference; 3.5 The Clausal Linkage Device; 3.5.1 Mechanisms of clause linkage; 3.5.2 Position of the clausal linker; 3.6 Aspects of Linear Order; 3.6.1 Position of the adverbial clause; 3.6.2 Clause-internal word order change and word order restrictions; 3.7 Negation; 3.7.1 The ability to be independently negated. |
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3.7.2 Special negation marking3.7.3 Negative polarity marking in before-clauses; 3.8 Other Variables; 3.9 Concluding Remarks; 4 The Downgrading Hierarchy of Adverbial Clauses; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 New Perspectives on the Downgrading Hierarchy; 4.2.1 A four-way distinction in the system of English clause combining; 4.2.2 Distinct degrees of downgrading in other languages; 4.3 A Downgrading Hierarchy of Adverbial Clauses; 4.3.1 Method; 4.3.1.1 Variables and their relation to the downgrading status of a clause; 4.3.1.2 Procedure; 4.3.2 Results; 4.4 Discussion. |
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4.4.1 Justification, concession and result4.4.2 Time, content-level cause, and purpose; 4.4.3 Condition; 4.4.4 The modal relations; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 The Intra-Categorial Conceptual Space of Adverbial Clauses: The Multifunctionality of Adverbial Relations; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methodological Issues; 5.2.1 Sampling; 5.2.2 Definitions and scope; 5.2.3 Data; 5.3 Multifunctionality in the Context of Adverbial Relations; 5.3.1 Degrees of multifunctionality and explicitness in the individual adverbial relations; 5.3.2 Individual patterns of multifunctionality. |
| Summary |
This study investigates adverbial clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. In line with other recent typological research in the context of complex sentences and clause-linkage, it proceeds from a detailed, multivariate analysis of the morphosyntactic characteristics of the phenomenon under scrutiny. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverbials.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverbials. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Causative (Linguistics)
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Causative (Linguistics) |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9783110342604 311034260X (DLC) 2015038547 (OCoLC)910596115 |
| ISBN |
3110409852 (electronic book) |
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9783110409857 (electronic book) |
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9783110409864 (electronic book) |
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3110409860 (electronic book) |
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9783110342604 hardcover : alkaline paper |
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311034260X hardcover : alkaline paper |
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9783110409963 |
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3110409968 |
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