TY - BOOK AU - Auer,Peter AU - Barth,Dagmar AU - Blijzer,Femke de AU - Couper-Kuhlen,Elizabeth AU - Dancygier,Barbara AU - Ford,Cecilia E. AU - Grevels,Mily AU - Göhl,Christine AU - Günthner,Susanne AU - Kortmann,Bernd AU - König,Ekkehard AU - Lang,Ewald AU - McCawley Akatsuka,Noriko AU - Meyer,Paul Georg AU - Montolío,Estrella AU - Noordman,Leo G.M. AU - Pander Maat,Henk AU - Sanders,Ted AU - Schwenter,Scott A. AU - Siemund,Peter AU - Strauss,Susan AU - Sweetser,Eve AU - Thompson,Sandra A. AU - Verhagen,Arie TI - Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives T2 - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , SN - 9783110166903 AV - P297 .C38 2000eb U1 - 415 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - Cognitive grammar KW - Discourse analysis KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Clauses KW - Syntax KW - Englisch KW - Kognitive Grammatik KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; I. Cause --; The relevance of causality --; On the processing of causal relations --; Domains of use or subjectivity? The distribution of three Dutch causal connectives explained --; Causal relations in spoken discourse: Asyndetic constructions as a means for giving reasons --; II. Condition --; Constructions with if, since, and because. Causality, epistemic stance, and clause order --; On affirmative and negative complex conditional connectives --; Pre- and post-positioning of wenn-clauses in spoken and written German --; Counterfactual reasoning and desirability --; III. Contrast --; Adversative connectors on distinct levels of discourse: A re-examination of Eve Sweetser's three-level approach --; Viewpoints and polysemy: Linking adversative and causal meanings of discourse markers --; The treatment of contrasts in interaction --; IV. Concession --; Concessives on different semantic levels: A typological perspective --; Causal and concessive clauses: Formal and semantic relations --; Concession implies causality, though in some other space --; Concessive patterns in conversation --; "that's true, although not really, but still": Expressing concession in spoken English --; From concessive connector to discourse marker: The use of obwohl in everyday German interaction --; Index --; Authors' addresses --; Topics in English Linguistics; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110219043 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110219043 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110219043/original ER -