Coordination Relations in the Languages of Europe and Beyond / / Caterina Mauri.
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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ,
42 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Theoretical foundations: the notion of -- coordination -- Chapter 2. Parameters of analysis -- Chapter 3. Combination relations -- Chapter 4. Contrast relations -- Chapter 5. Alternative relations -- Chapter 6. Combination, contrast and alternative -- relations in comparison -- Chapter 7. A focus on Europe -- Chapter 8. Conclusion and prospects -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | 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-linguistic variation, however, is not random, but is crucially constrained by the interaction of economic principles with the semantic properties of the individual relations expressed. A fine-grained functional systematization of coordination is proposed and described by means of implicational patterns and semantic maps. This work brings together a broad cross-linguistic perspective and a detailed semantic analysis, largely based on new and comparable data collected by means of questionnaires, all accessible in the appendix of the book. It represents the first systematic attempt towards a unified typology of coordination relations. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110211498 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110212129 9783110212136 9783110209457 |
ISSN: | 0933-761X ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110211498 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Caterina Mauri. |