Adverbial Clauses in Scots : : A Semantic-Syntactic Study /

Adverbial Clauses in Scots : : A Semantic-Syntactic Study / / Martina Häcker.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
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Häcker, Martina,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]
©1999
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Reprint 2010
Language:English
Series:Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 27
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • I-XIV
  • PART I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Adverbial clauses: Definitions and classifications
  • PART II: DESCRIPTION
  • 3. Semantic categories
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.1. Clauses of place
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.2. Clauses of time
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.3. Clauses of condition
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.4. Clauses of restriction
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.5. Clauses of exception
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.6. Clauses of comparison
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.7. Clauses of preference
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.8. Clauses of concession
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.9. Clauses of reason
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.10. Clauses of purpose and prevention
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.11. Clauses of result
  • Clauses of means
  • 3. Semantic categories. 3.13. C lauses of accompanying circumstance
  • PART III: ANALYSIS
  • 4. Variability of patterns
  • 5. Summary and conclusion
  • Appendix: The database
  • Notes
  • References
  • Maps
  • Author Index
  • General Index

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