UID:
almahu_9947414493602882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 295 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511486760 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 108
Content:
Conditional constructions have long fascinated linguists, grammarians and philosophers. In this pioneering new study, Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality, broadening the range of richly described conditional constructions. They explore theoretical issues such as the mental-space-building processes underlying conditional thinking and the form-meaning relationship involved in expressing conditionality. Using a broad range of attested English conditional constructions, the book examines inter-constructional relationships. Within the framework of Mental Spaces Theory, shared parameters of meaning are shown to be relevant to conditional constructions generally, as well as related temporal and causal constructions. This significant contribution to the field will be welcomed by a wide range of researchers in theoretical and cognitive linguistics.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Conditional constructions, mental spaces, and semantic compositionality -- Prediction, alternativity, and epistemic stance -- Tense, epistemic distance, and embedded spaces -- Future and present forms in conditional constructions -- Non-alternatives and alternatives : mental spaces in different domains -- Then and even if : mental space deixis and referential uniqueness -- Clause order and space-building : if, because, unless, and except if -- Uniqueness and negative stance : only if and if only -- Coordinate constructions and conditional meaning -- The door-scraper in the Wild Wood : conditional constructions and frame-based space-building.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521844680
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486760
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