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Levels in Clause Linkage : A Crosslinguistic Survey / ed. by Tasaku Tsunoda.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL] ; 2Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 892 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110516777
  • 9783110517057
  • 9783110519242
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415 23
LOC classification:
  • P291 .L49 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- List of authors -- Map. Approximate locations of languages examined -- 1 Levels in clause linkage: An outline of the theory and methodology -- 2 Questionnaire for levels in clause linkage -- 3 Japanese -- 4 English -- 5 North Alaskan Iñupiaq -- 6 Kaqchikel -- 7 Warrongo -- 8 Neku -- 9 Mitsukaido dialect of Japanese -- 10 Korean -- 11 Georgian -- 12 Amdo Tibetan -- 13 nDrapa -- 14 Newar -- 15 Burmese -- 16 Thai -- 17 Sidaama -- 18 Kupsapiny -- 19 Herero -- 20 Levels in clause linkage: Discussion and summary -- Index of names -- Index of languages -- Index of subjects
Summary: This is a cross-linguistic exploration of the use of clause linkage markers in causal, conditional, and concessive sentences. Employing a five-level classification of clause linkage based on semantic and pragmatic grounds, it shows that, within individual languages differentmarkersexhibitdifferent distributions on the five levels. Also, the rich evidence presented from seventeen languages from many parts of the world documents that these distributions presentcommonalitiesas well as differencesacross the languages of the sample.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- List of authors -- Map. Approximate locations of languages examined -- 1 Levels in clause linkage: An outline of the theory and methodology -- 2 Questionnaire for levels in clause linkage -- 3 Japanese -- 4 English -- 5 North Alaskan Iñupiaq -- 6 Kaqchikel -- 7 Warrongo -- 8 Neku -- 9 Mitsukaido dialect of Japanese -- 10 Korean -- 11 Georgian -- 12 Amdo Tibetan -- 13 nDrapa -- 14 Newar -- 15 Burmese -- 16 Thai -- 17 Sidaama -- 18 Kupsapiny -- 19 Herero -- 20 Levels in clause linkage: Discussion and summary -- Index of names -- Index of languages -- Index of subjects

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This is a cross-linguistic exploration of the use of clause linkage markers in causal, conditional, and concessive sentences. Employing a five-level classification of clause linkage based on semantic and pragmatic grounds, it shows that, within individual languages differentmarkersexhibitdifferent distributions on the five levels. Also, the rich evidence presented from seventeen languages from many parts of the world documents that these distributions presentcommonalitiesas well as differencesacross the languages of the sample.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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