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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790717803321

Autore

Kortmann Bernd <1960->

Titolo

Adverbial subordination : a typology and history of adverbial subordinators based on European languages / / by Bernd Kortmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1997

ISBN

3-11-081242-8

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ; ; 18

Empirical approaches to language typology ; ; 18

Classificazione

ET 530

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverbials

Grammar, Comparative and general - Subordinate constructions

Semantics

Typology (Linguistics)

Europe Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-408) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Part One. Background: Scope, Aims, Theory, Methodology, Data -- 1. Scope and aims -- 2. Theoretical foundations -- 3. The European perspective -- 4. Data collection and classification -- Part Two. Towards a Typology -- 5. The grammatical category of adverbial subordinators: some initial general tendencies -- 6. The equilibrium of form and meaning -- 7. The semantic space of adverbial relations -- 8. Areal and genetic patterns -- 9. Euroversals -- Part Three. Historical Developments -- 10. From Old English to Present-Day English -- Part Four. Summary and Outlook -- 11. The major results and their implications for future research -- Notes -- Grammars and Dictionaries -- References -- Index of Authors -- Index of Languages -- Index of Subjects