Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast : : Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives / / ed. by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Auer, Peter,; Barth, Dagmar,; Blijzer, Femke de,; Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth,; Dancygier, Barbara,; Ford, Cecilia E.,; Grevels, Mily,; Göhl, Christine,; Günthner, Susanne,; Kortmann, Bernd,; König, Ekkehard,; Lang, Ewald,; McCawley Akatsuka, Noriko,; Meyer, Paul Georg,; Montolío, Estrella,; Noordman, Leo G. M.,; Pander Maat, Henk,; Sanders, Ted,; Schwenter, Scott A.,; Siemund, Peter,; Strauss, Susan,; Sweetser, Eve,; Thompson, Sandra A.,; Verhagen, Arie,
• HerausgeberIn: Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth,; Kortmann, Bernd,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Reprint 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 33
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (475 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; I. Cause --; The relevance of causality --; On the processing of causal relations --; Domains of use or subjectivity? The distribution of three Dutch causal connectives explained --; Causal relations in spoken discourse: Asyndetic constructions as a means for giving reasons --; II. Condition --; Constructions with if, since, and because. Causality, epistemic stance, and clause order --; On affirmative and negative complex conditional connectives --; Pre- and post-positioning of wenn-clauses in spoken and written German --; Counterfactual reasoning and desirability --; III. Contrast --; Adversative connectors on distinct levels of discourse: A re-examination of Eve Sweetser's three-level approach --; Viewpoints and polysemy: Linking adversative and causal meanings of discourse markers --; The treatment of contrasts in interaction --; IV. Concession --; Concessives on different semantic levels: A typological perspective --; Causal and concessive clauses: Formal and semantic relations --; Concession implies causality, though in some other space --; Concessive patterns in conversation --; "that's true, although not really, but still": Expressing concession in spoken English --; From concessive connector to discourse marker: The use of obwohl in everyday German interaction --; Index --; Authors' addresses --; Topics in English Linguistics
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110219043; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110219517; 9783110219524; 9783110219548; 9783110219470
• ISSN: 1434-3452
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110219043
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, Bernd Kortmann.