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Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast : Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives / ed. by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 33Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2009]Copyright date: ©2000Edition: Reprint 2021Description: 1 online resource (475 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110166903
  • 9783110219043
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415 22
LOC classification:
  • P297 .C38 2000eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110219043

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

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