Argument and Rhetoric : : Adverbial Connectors in the History of English / / Ursula Lenker.
The book is the first corpus-based study giving a comprehensive overview of English items which have been used as adverbial connectors ('conjuncts', 'linking adverbials'), from Old English to Present-Day English. The author analyses different characteristics of the make-up, funct...
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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, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (293 p.) :; num. figs. and tables |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. The framework -- 2. Clausal connection -- 3. The category “adverb” -- 4. Adverbs and conjunctions in earlier metalinguistic thought -- 5. Connectors in Old English -- 6. Adverbial connectors in the history of English -- 7. Adverbial connectors: morphology -- 8. Cognitive source domains -- 9. Shifting deictics in the history of English causal connection -- 10. contrast/concession -- 11. addition -- 12. transition -- 13. Perspicuity and the “New Rhetoric” -- 14. Conclusions -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | The book is the first corpus-based study giving a comprehensive overview of English items which have been used as adverbial connectors ('conjuncts', 'linking adverbials'), from Old English to Present-Day English. The author analyses different characteristics of the make-up, functions and use of connectives, and considers morphological and syntactic factors as well as pragmatic, textlinguistic and socio-cultural aspects. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110216066 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110219517 9783110219524 9783110219548 9783110219470 |
ISSN: | 1434-3452 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110216066 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ursula Lenker. |