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This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the discourse functions of a number of English connectives, from simple coordinators (and, but) to phrases of varying complexity (after all, the fact is that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Celle, Agnès, Huart, Ruth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. v. 161.
Temas:
Discourse markers.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Connectives.
Discourse markers > Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Connectives > Congresses.
Marqueurs du discours > Congrès.
Connecteurs (Linguistique) > Congrès.
Marqueurs du discours.
Connecteurs (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Connectives.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC data
  • Table of contents
  • List of contributors
  • Connectives as discourse landmarks
  • Background
  • Terminology
  • Invariance
  • An integrative approach
  • Connectives and modality
  • From syntax to pragmatics
  • Discourse strategies
  • In search of operations
  • References
  • Connectives and modality
  • Connectives, modals and prototypes
  • 1. Similarities between connectives and modals
  • 2. Uses of rather
  • 2.1. Rather as a connective
  • 2.2. Rather as a degree modifier
  • 2.3. Rather as a part of a modal
  • 2.4. Would sooner
  • 3. What links the different uses of rather?
  • 3.1. Bolinger on degree words
  • 3.2. Denial of assumption rather
  • 3.3. Rather as an underlying comparative
  • 4. Using prototypes
  • 5. The future of rather
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • The interface between discourse and grammar*
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The formulaic 'the fact is that'
  • 3. Collocational frameworks
  • 4. The fact is and emergent grammar
  • 5. 'The fact is that' and grammaticalization
  • 6. Fixed phrases and meaning
  • 7. Thing is and the trouble is
  • 8. Conclusion
  • References
  • From syntax to pragmatics
  • And as an aspectual connective in the event structure of pseudo-coordinative constructions
  • 1. Connecting events
  • 1.1. Connectives and pseudo-coordination
  • 1.2. Structure of this paper
  • 2. Pseudo-coordination
  • 2.1. Extraction
  • 2.2. Coordinator substitution
  • 2.3. Distributivity
  • 2.4. A morphological argument
  • 2.5. Summary
  • 3. Towards a circumscription of the meaning of pseudo-coordination
  • 3.1. Semantic bleaching of the pseudo-coordinative verb
  • 3.2. Sit: focus on lack of dynamicity
  • 3.3. Go: Focus on prospective nature of event
  • 3.4. Reduplicative coordination: Focus on the event itself
  • 3.5. Summary
  • 4. Connecting Aktionsarten
  • 4.1. Aspect, Aktionsart and event structure
  • 4.2. Coordination of heads and event structure
  • 4.3. Pseudo-coordination as a system of Aktionsarten
  • 4.4. Aktionsarten and coordination of likes
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 'Are you a good which or a bad which?'
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The data
  • 2.1. Typical and atypical ARCs
  • 2.2. Performance error or innovative syntax?
  • 3. The role of the relative pronoun
  • 3.1. The double role of a standard relative pronoun
  • 3.2. The role of a non standard relative pronoun
  • 3.3. The predominance of which
  • 4. Subordination or coordination?
  • 5. Role of the relative pronoun in the organization of discourse
  • 6. Conclusion
  • References
  • From temporal to contrastive and causal
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Data
  • 3. After all in PDE
  • 3.1. Distribution
  • 3.2. Counterexpectation after all
  • 3.3. Justificative after all
  • 4. The development of after all
  • 4.1. From PP to Adverb
  • 4.2. Development of counter-expectation after all
  • 4.3. Emergence of connective after all
  • 4.4. Summary of historical development
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Discourse strategies
  • Orchestrating conversation
  • Introduction
  • 1. Well and you know as discourse organizers: indexicality and semantic 'origin'
  • 1.1. Well and you know as focalization cues
  • 1.2. Organizing oral discourse: wel.

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