UID:
almahu_9949481550402882
Format:
1 online resource (354 p.)
ISBN:
9783110211498
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] , 42
Content:
This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs on the basis of a 74 language sample, with special focus on the languages spoken in Europe. It constitutes the first systematic inquiry so far conducted on the cross-linguistic coding of coordination, as defined in cognitive and pragmatic terms. This research shows that the 'and-but-or' coding system which is typical of Central-Western Europe appears to be extremely rare outside Europe, where a great variation in the coding of coordination is attested. This cross-linguistic variation, however, is not random, but is crucially constrained by the interaction of economic principles with the semantic properties of the individual relations expressed. A fine-grained functional systematization of coordination is proposed and described by means of implicational patterns and semantic maps. This work brings together a broad cross-linguistic perspective and a detailed semantic analysis, largely based on new and comparable data collected by means of questionnaires, all accessible in the appendix of the book. It represents the first systematic attempt towards a unified typology of coordination relations.
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Contents --
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List of tables --
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List of abbreviations --
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Chapter 1. Theoretical foundations: the notion of --
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coordination --
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Chapter 2. Parameters of analysis --
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Chapter 3. Combination relations --
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Chapter 4. Contrast relations --
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Chapter 5. Alternative relations --
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Chapter 6. Combination, contrast and alternative --
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relations in comparison --
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Chapter 7. A focus on Europe --
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Chapter 8. Conclusion and prospects --
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Backmatter
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Linguistics and Semiotics 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238457
In:
DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636970
In:
De Gruyter Mouton Backlist 2000-2015, De Gruyter, 9783110742961
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2008, De Gruyter, 9783110212129
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2008, De Gruyter, 9783110212136
In:
E-BOOK PAKET LINGUISTIK UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2008, De Gruyter, 9783110209457
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110204391
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110211498
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211498
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110211498
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