Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast : : Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives / / ed. by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Edition: | Reprint 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (475 p.) |
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Other title: | 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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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110219043 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110219517 9783110219524 9783110219548 9783110219470 |
ISSN: | 1434-3452 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110219043 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann. |