UID:
edocfu_9959241882602883
Format:
1 online resource (384 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-39816-8
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9786613398161
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3-11-021149-1
Series Statement:
Empirical approaches to language typology ; 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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Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of figures --
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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 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 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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-020439-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110211498
