Conditionals : A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis /
Declerck, Renaat
Conditionals : A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis / Renaat Declerck, Susan Reed. - Reprint 2012 - 1 online resource (536 p.) - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 37 1434-3452 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Conditional connecting devices -- Chapter 3. Some preliminary terminology -- Chapter 4. The possible-world typology of conditionals -- Chapter 5. The use of tenses in possible-world conditionals -- Chapter 6. Modalized case-specifying conditionals -- Chapter 7. The three canonical tense patterns -- Chapter 8. The relation between the theoretical world and the actual world -- Chapter 9. A typology of case-specifying P-clauses -- Chapter 10. Rhetorical conditionals -- Chapter 11. Syntactically marked conditional structures -- Chapter 12. Sufficient and/or necessary conditions -- Chapter 13. Uses and interpretations of unless -- Chapter 14. The meanings and uses of even if -- Glossary -- References -- Author’s index -- Subject index -- 537-538
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This book is an extremely detailed and comprehensive examination of conditional sentences in English, using many examples from actual language-use. The syntax and semantics of conditionals (including tense and mood options) and the functions of conditionals in discourse are examined in depth, producing an all-round linguistic view of the subject which contains a wealth of original observations and analyses. Not only linguists specializing in grammar but also those interested in pragmatics and the philosophy of language will find this book a rewarding and illuminating source.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110171440 9783110851748
10.1515/9783110851748 doi
English language--Conditionals.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESÂ / Linguistics / General.
PE1441 / .D44 2001eb
425
Conditionals : A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis / Renaat Declerck, Susan Reed. - Reprint 2012 - 1 online resource (536 p.) - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 37 1434-3452 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Conditional connecting devices -- Chapter 3. Some preliminary terminology -- Chapter 4. The possible-world typology of conditionals -- Chapter 5. The use of tenses in possible-world conditionals -- Chapter 6. Modalized case-specifying conditionals -- Chapter 7. The three canonical tense patterns -- Chapter 8. The relation between the theoretical world and the actual world -- Chapter 9. A typology of case-specifying P-clauses -- Chapter 10. Rhetorical conditionals -- Chapter 11. Syntactically marked conditional structures -- Chapter 12. Sufficient and/or necessary conditions -- Chapter 13. Uses and interpretations of unless -- Chapter 14. The meanings and uses of even if -- Glossary -- References -- Author’s index -- Subject index -- 537-538
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book is an extremely detailed and comprehensive examination of conditional sentences in English, using many examples from actual language-use. The syntax and semantics of conditionals (including tense and mood options) and the functions of conditionals in discourse are examined in depth, producing an all-round linguistic view of the subject which contains a wealth of original observations and analyses. Not only linguists specializing in grammar but also those interested in pragmatics and the philosophy of language will find this book a rewarding and illuminating source.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110171440 9783110851748
10.1515/9783110851748 doi
English language--Conditionals.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESÂ / Linguistics / General.
PE1441 / .D44 2001eb
425