Conditionals and prediction : time, knowledge, and causation in conditional constructions / / Barbara Dancygier [[electronic resource]]
| Conditionals and prediction : time, knowledge, and causation in conditional constructions / / Barbara Dancygier [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Dancygier Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 425 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Conditionals
English language - Sentences |
| ISBN |
1-107-11427-6
0-511-15094-6 0-521-59151-1 1-280-42925-9 0-511-17240-0 0-511-05427-0 0-511-48646-4 0-511-32477-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Conditionals as a category -- 2. Prediction and distance: time and modality in conditional clauses -- 3. Relations between the clauses in conditional constructions -- 4. Knowledge and conditional protases -- 5. Conditional clauses: form and order -- 6. If and other conditional conjunctions -- 7. Conclusion: prototypical conditionality and related constructions. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Conditionals & Prediction |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456201203321 |
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Conditionals and prediction : time, knowledge, and causation in conditional constructions / / Barbara Dancygier [[electronic resource]]
| Conditionals and prediction : time, knowledge, and causation in conditional constructions / / Barbara Dancygier [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Dancygier Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 425 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Conditionals
English language - Sentences |
| ISBN |
1-107-11427-6
0-511-15094-6 0-521-59151-1 1-280-42925-9 0-511-17240-0 0-511-05427-0 0-511-48646-4 0-511-32477-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Conditionals as a category -- 2. Prediction and distance: time and modality in conditional clauses -- 3. Relations between the clauses in conditional constructions -- 4. Knowledge and conditional protases -- 5. Conditional clauses: form and order -- 6. If and other conditional conjunctions -- 7. Conclusion: prototypical conditionality and related constructions. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Conditionals & Prediction |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780278103321 |
Dancygier Barbara
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Expressing condition in English and Polish / / Irena Polańska [[electronic resource]]
| Expressing condition in English and Polish / / Irena Polańska [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Polańska Irena |
| Edizione | [Wydanie I.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 425 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Conditionals
English language - Grammar, Comparative - Polish Polish language - Conditionals Polish language - Grammar, Comparative - English |
| ISBN | 83-233-8060-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; STRUCTURE AND BASIC DISTINCTIONS; THE MOOD; TIME REFERENCE; 3.1. Hypothetical sentences; 3.2. Open conditions; 3.3. Generic constructions; 3.4. Backshift; 3.5. Mixed open-hypothetical structures; 3.6. Some final remarks; THE FULFILMENT OF THE CONDITION; 4.1. Open conditions; 4.2. Hypothetical conditions; 4.3. Mixed structures; 4.4. Generic constructions; 4.5. Conclusions; RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CLAUSES; 5.1. Sequentiality; 5.2. Causality; 5.3. Inferential relations; 5.4. Speech act relations; CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONALS
CLAUSE ORDER AND POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCESCONJUNCTIONS; 8.1. If and its Polish equivalents; 8.2. Conveying negative meanings: unless/if not and their Polish equivalents; 8.3. If only and other expressions and structures with if; 8.4. Introducing the main clause: then; OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING CONDITION; 9.1. Conveying temporal meaning; 9.2 Stating condition; 9.3. Making assumptions and suppositions; 9.4. The case of case and a series of events; CLAUSES OF CONDITION AND CONCESSION; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779027303321 |
Polańska Irena
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| Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Expressing condition in English and Polish / / Irena Polańska [[electronic resource]]
| Expressing condition in English and Polish / / Irena Polańska [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Polańska Irena |
| Edizione | [Wydanie I.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 425 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Conditionals
English language - Grammar, Comparative - Polish Polish language - Conditionals Polish language - Grammar, Comparative - English |
| ISBN | 83-233-8060-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; STRUCTURE AND BASIC DISTINCTIONS; THE MOOD; TIME REFERENCE; 3.1. Hypothetical sentences; 3.2. Open conditions; 3.3. Generic constructions; 3.4. Backshift; 3.5. Mixed open-hypothetical structures; 3.6. Some final remarks; THE FULFILMENT OF THE CONDITION; 4.1. Open conditions; 4.2. Hypothetical conditions; 4.3. Mixed structures; 4.4. Generic constructions; 4.5. Conclusions; RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CLAUSES; 5.1. Sequentiality; 5.2. Causality; 5.3. Inferential relations; 5.4. Speech act relations; CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONALS
CLAUSE ORDER AND POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCESCONJUNCTIONS; 8.1. If and its Polish equivalents; 8.2. Conveying negative meanings: unless/if not and their Polish equivalents; 8.3. If only and other expressions and structures with if; 8.4. Introducing the main clause: then; OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING CONDITION; 9.1. Conveying temporal meaning; 9.2 Stating condition; 9.3. Making assumptions and suppositions; 9.4. The case of case and a series of events; CLAUSES OF CONDITION AND CONCESSION; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452225203321 |
Polańska Irena
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| Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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