Cause, condition, concession, contrast : cognitive and discourse perspectives / edited by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth.

Kortmann, Bernd, 1960-

Series:

Topics in English linguistics ; 33.

Topics in English linguistics ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Cognitive grammar.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2021

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, 2000.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

English, today's most important international language, is probably the best-described and most widely studied language in linguistic research. This is because there is an immense body of descriptive and theoretical publications and especially because of the existence of large computer corpora for Present-Day English, as well as for older periods of the language and for regional and social varieties. The strength of current English linguistics therefore is its orientation to solid descriptive empirical research. The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics TOPICS IN

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

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612345296

9781282345294

128234529X

9783110219043

3110219042

OCLC:

560744449