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Causal categories in discourse and cognition /
All languages of the world provide their speakers with linguistic means to express causal relations in discourse. The book discusses parameters of categorization that shape the use of causal connectives and auxiliary verbs across languages like English, Dutch and Polish. Convergence of linguistic, c...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2009.
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| Series: | Cognitive linguistics research ;
44. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | All languages of the world provide their speakers with linguistic means to express causal relations in discourse. The book discusses parameters of categorization that shape the use of causal connectives and auxiliary verbs across languages like English, Dutch and Polish. Convergence of linguistic, corpus-linguistic and psycholinguistic methodologies appears crucial in determining cognitive categories of causality. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110224429 3110224429 9783110224412 3110224410 |