Levels in Clause Linkage

A Crosslinguistic Survey

892 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This is a cross-linguistic exploration of the use of clause linkage markers in causal, conditional, and concessive sentences. Employing a five-level classification of clause linkage based on semantic and pragmatic grounds, it shows that, within individual languages different　markers　exhibit　different distributions on the five levels. Also, the rich evidence presented from seventeen languages from many parts of the world documents that these distributions present　commonalities　as well as differences　across the languages of the sample.

• Reihe: Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL]
• ISBN: 9783110516777
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2018
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton
• Herausgegeben von: Tasaku Tsunoda