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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455419203321

Titolo

Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast : Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives / / Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009]

©2000

ISBN

1-282-34529-X

9786612345296

3-11-021904-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (484 p.)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 33

Classificazione

ET 725

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Cognitive grammar

Discourse analysis

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150247203321

Autore

O'Connor Colm

Titolo

The awakening : living an enchanted life in a disenchanted world / / Colm O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dublin, Ireland : , : Gill & Macmillan, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7171-6392-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 pages)

Disciplina

813.6

Soggetti

Self-realization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title page -- Content -- Prologue -- Introduction -- PART 1 The Awakening -- Chapter 1 Beyond Mindfulness: Ancient Ireland and You -- Chapter 2 The Awakening -- Chapter 3 The Taboo against the Truth -- Chapter 4 The Celtic Cross -- PART 2 The Enchanted Life -- Chapter 5 A Celtic Introduction to the Enchanted Life -- Chapter 6 An Ancient Irish Recipe for Life and Living: Seven Truths -- Chapter 7 Personal Heroism -- Chapter 8 Enchantment -- Chapter 9 Transcendence -- Chapter 10 Poetic Intuition -- Chapter 11



Imagination -- Chapter 12 Immanence -- Chapter 13 Mind-Flight -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Colm O'Connor's seminar 'The Awakening', based on the core ideas in this book -- Copyright page -- About the Author -- About Gill &amp -- Macmillan.