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Causation and reasoning constructions /

"Causation and reasoning are different but related types of relationships. Both causal relations and reasoning processes may be expressed with one and the same connective word in some languages: English speakers use because and Japanese speakers use kara. How then are causation and reasoning pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kanetani, Masaru (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Colección:Constructional approaches to language ; v. 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Previous studies: from gestalt to construction
  • 3. Constructions of causation and reasoning
  • 4. Focalizations of because- and since-clauses
  • 5. Causal construction and reasoning construction in Japanese
  • 6. Constructions of metalinguistic reasons
  • 7. Analogy in construction grammar: the case of just because of x doesn't mean y
  • 8. Innovative use of because
  • 9. Conclusion
  • References.