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Format: 1 online resource (484 p.)

Edition: Reprint 2021

ISBN: 1-282-34529-X , 9786612345296 , 3-11-021904-2

Series Statement: Topics in English linguistics ; 33

Content: 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

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , 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 , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-11-016690-9

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

DOI: 10.1515/9783110219043