03474nam 2200805Ia 450 991045630540332120200520144314.01-282-71440-697866127144053-11-021606-X10.1515/9783110216066(CKB)2550000000013024(EBL)511884(OCoLC)615624232(SSID)ssj0000412081(PQKBManifestationID)11243480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412081(PQKBWorkID)10366312(PQKB)10202333(MiAaPQ)EBC511884(DE-B1597)36137(OCoLC)1002232902(OCoLC)1004868311(OCoLC)1011468214(OCoLC)979588424(OCoLC)984637928(OCoLC)987949322(OCoLC)992489632(OCoLC)999360788(DE-B1597)9783110216066(Au-PeEL)EBL511884(CaPaEBR)ebr10373597(CaONFJC)MIL271440(EXLCZ)99255000000001302420091209d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrArgument and rhetoric[electronic resource] adverbial connectors in the history of English /by Ursula LenkerBerlin ;New York Mouton de Gruyter20101 online resource (309 p.)Topics in English linguistics ;64Description based upon print version of record.3-11-020558-0 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. The framework -- 2. Clausal connection -- 3. The category "adverb" -- 4. Adverbs and conjunctions in earlier metalinguistic thought -- 5. Connectors in Old English -- 6. Adverbial connectors in the history of English -- 7. Adverbial connectors: morphology -- 8. Cognitive source domains -- 9. Shifting deictics in the history of English causal connection -- 10. contrast/concession -- 11. addition -- 12. transition -- 13. Perspicuity and the "New Rhetoric" -- 14. Conclusions -- BackmatterThe book is the first corpus-based study giving a comprehensive overview of English items which have been used as adverbial connectors ('conjuncts', 'linking adverbials'), from Old English to Present-Day English. The author analyses different characteristics of the make-up, functions and use of connectives, and considers morphological and syntactic factors as well as pragmatic, textlinguistic and socio-cultural aspects.Topics in English linguistics ;64.English languageAdverbialsEnglish languageConnectivesEnglish languageHistoryEnglish languageGrammar, HistoricalEnglish languageGrammarElectronic books.English languageAdverbials.English languageConnectives.English languageHistory.English languageGrammar, Historical.English languageGrammar.425/.76Lenker Ursula858001MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456305403321Argument and rhetoric2480320UNINA