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1 online resource (xxiii, 425 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; 18
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; 18.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-408) and index. |
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Preface -- List Of Figures -- List Of Maps -- List Of Tables -- List Of Abbreviations -- Part I. Background: Scope, Aims, Theory, Methodology, Data -- 1. Scope And Aims -- 1.1. Guiding Questions -- 1.2. Scope -- 1.3. Major Claims And Limitations -- 2. Theoretical Foundations -- 2.1. Functional Typology -- 2.2. Iconicity, Markedness And Related Semiotic Principles -- 2.3. Cognitive Semantics -- 2.4. Grammaticalization -- 2.5. A Look Across The Fence: Adverbial Subordinators From The Generative Perspective -- 3. The European Perspective |
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3.1. Why The Focus On Europe? 3.2. Defining The Languages Of Europe -- 3.3. The Project Languages -- 3.4. Europe As A Cultural Unit -- 4. Data Collection And Classification -- 4.1. Data Collection -- 4.2. Definitions And Classifications -- 4.3. Form-Related Classifications -- 4.4. Meaning-Related Classifications -- 4.5. Some Examples From The Database -- Part Ii. Towards A Typology -- 5. The Grammatical Category Of Adverbial Subordinators: Some Initial General Tendencies -- 5.1. Morphological Complexity And Polyfunctionality |
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5.2. Incorporated Material, Syntactic Polyfunctionality And Grammaticalization 6. The Equilibrium Of Form And Meaning -- 6.1. The Inverse Relation Hypothesis -- 6.2. Zipf�S Principles Of Formal Semantic Balance: Evidence From Adverbial Subordinators In Four Major European Languages -- 7. The Semantic Space Of Adverbial Relations -- 7.1. A Layered Account -- 7.2. Semantic Relatedness Within And Between Networks Of Interclausal Relations -- 8. Areal And Genetic Patterns -- 8.1. Relevant Phenomena -- 8.2. The Balkan Sprachbund |
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8.3. The Languages Of Europe: Core And Periphery 8.4. The Impact Of Latin And Classical Greek: Two Spheres Of Influence In The Linguistic Core? -- 9. Euroversals -- 9.1. Inventories And Dominant Types Of Adverbial Subordinators -- 9.2. Adverbial Subordinators For Individual Interclausal Relations -- 9.3. Correlations With The Language Type -- Part Iii. Historical Developments -- 10. From Old English To Present-Day English -- 10.1. The Inventories Of Adverbial Subordinators -- 10.2. Major Morphological Changes -- 10.3. Major Semantic Changes |
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10.4. Changes In The Semantic Composition Of The Inventories Of Adverbial Subordinators Part Iv. Summary And Outlook -- 11. The Major Results And Their Implications For Future Research -- 11.1. Form, Meaning And Categorial Status Of Adverbial Subordinators -- 11.2. The Validity Of Semiotic Principles -- 11.3. Language And Cognition: Modelling The Semantic Space Of Interclausal Relations -- 11.4. Linguistic Areas In Europe And Europe As A Linguistic Area -- 11.5. The History Of Adverbial Subordinators -- 11.6. Implications For Future Research -- Notes |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subordinate constructions.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subordinate constructions. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverbials.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverbials. |
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics) |
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Europe -- Languages.
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Europe. |
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Language and languages. |
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Semantics.
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Semantics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kortmann, Bernd, 1960- Adverbial subordination 3110151146 (DLC) 96038559 (OCoLC)35318869 |
| ISBN |
9783110812428 (electronic book) |
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3110812428 (electronic book) |
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1306275776 (e-book) |
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9781306275774 (e-book) |
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3110151146 |
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9783110151145 |
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