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Coordination relations in the languages of Europe and beyond /
This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs on the basis of a 74 language sample, with special focus on the languages spoken in Europe. It constitutes the first systematic inquiry so far conducted on the cross-l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Empirical approaches to language typology ;
42. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs on the basis of a 74 language sample, with special focus on the languages spoken in Europe. It constitutes the first systematic inquiry so far conducted on the cross-linguistic coding of coordination, as defined in cognitive and pragmatic terms. This research shows that the 'and-but-or' coding system which is typical of Central-Western Europe appears to be extremely rare outside Europe, where a great variation in the coding of coordination is attested. This cross. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-341) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110211498 3110211491 1283398168 9781283398169 3110204398 9783110204391 |