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Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast : Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives / / Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann |
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Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009] |
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1-282-34529-X |
9786612345296 |
3-11-021904-2 |
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1 online resource (484 p.) |
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Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 33 |
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Cognitive grammar |
Discourse analysis |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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 -- |
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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 |
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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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UNINA9910150247203321 |
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O'Connor Colm |
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The awakening : living an enchanted life in a disenchanted world / / Colm O'Connor |
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Dublin, Ireland : , : Gill & Macmillan, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (137 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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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 |
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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 & -- Macmillan. |
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