Adverbial subordination : a typology and history of adverbial subordinators based on European languages /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
1997.
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Colección: | Empirical approaches to language typology ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- List Of Figures
- List Of Maps
- List Of Tables
- List Of Abbreviations
- Part I. Background: Scope, Aims, Theory, Methodology, Data
- 1. Scope And Aims
- 1.1. Guiding Questions
- 1.2. Scope
- 1.3. Major Claims And Limitations
- 2. Theoretical Foundations
- 2.1. Functional Typology
- 2.2. Iconicity, Markedness And Related Semiotic Principles
- 2.3. Cognitive Semantics
- 2.4. Grammaticalization
- 2.5. A Look Across The Fence: Adverbial Subordinators From The Generative Perspective
- 3. The European Perspective
- 3.1. Why The Focus On Europe? 3.2. Defining The Languages Of Europe
- 3.3. The Project Languages
- 3.4. Europe As A Cultural Unit
- 4. Data Collection And Classification
- 4.1. Data Collection
- 4.2. Definitions And Classifications
- 4.3. Form-Related Classifications
- 4.4. Meaning-Related Classifications
- 4.5. Some Examples From The Database
- Part Ii. Towards A Typology
- 5. The Grammatical Category Of Adverbial Subordinators: Some Initial General Tendencies
- 5.1. Morphological Complexity And Polyfunctionality
- 5.2. Incorporated Material, Syntactic Polyfunctionality And Grammaticalization 6. The Equilibrium Of Form And Meaning
- 6.1. The Inverse Relation Hypothesis
- 6.2. Zipf�S Principles Of Formal Semantic Balance: Evidence From Adverbial Subordinators In Four Major European Languages
- 7. The Semantic Space Of Adverbial Relations
- 7.1. A Layered Account
- 7.2. Semantic Relatedness Within And Between Networks Of Interclausal Relations
- 8. Areal And Genetic Patterns
- 8.1. Relevant Phenomena
- 8.2. The Balkan Sprachbund
- 8.3. The Languages Of Europe: Core And Periphery 8.4. The Impact Of Latin And Classical Greek: Two Spheres Of Influence In The Linguistic Core?
- 9. Euroversals
- 9.1. Inventories And Dominant Types Of Adverbial Subordinators
- 9.2. Adverbial Subordinators For Individual Interclausal Relations
- 9.3. Correlations With The Language Type
- Part Iii. Historical Developments
- 10. From Old English To Present-Day English
- 10.1. The Inventories Of Adverbial Subordinators
- 10.2. Major Morphological Changes
- 10.3. Major Semantic Changes
- 10.4. Changes In The Semantic Composition Of The Inventories Of Adverbial Subordinators Part Iv. Summary And Outlook
- 11. The Major Results And Their Implications For Future Research
- 11.1. Form, Meaning And Categorial Status Of Adverbial Subordinators
- 11.2. The Validity Of Semiotic Principles
- 11.3. Language And Cognition: Modelling The Semantic Space Of Interclausal Relations
- 11.4. Linguistic Areas In Europe And Europe As A Linguistic Area
- 11.5. The History Of Adverbial Subordinators
- 11.6. Implications For Future Research
- Notes