Adverbial Subordination : : A Typology and History of Adverbial Subordinators Based on European Languages / / Bernd Kortmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Kortmann, Bernd,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] , 18
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (425 p.) :; Num.figs and tabs.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Table of Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Maps --; List of Tables --; Abbreviations --; Part One. Background: Scope, Aims, Theory, Methodology, Data --; 1. Scope and aims --; 2. Theoretical foundations --; 3. The European perspective --; 4. Data collection and classification --; Part Two. Towards a Typology --; 5. The grammatical category of adverbial subordinators: some initial general tendencies --; 6. The equilibrium of form and meaning --; 7. The semantic space of adverbial relations --; 8. Areal and genetic patterns --; 9. Euroversals --; Part Three. Historical Developments --; 10. From Old English to Present-Day English --; Part Four. Summary and Outlook --; 11. The major results and their implications for future research --; Notes --; Grammars and Dictionaries --; References --; Index of Authors --; Index of Languages --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110812428; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 0933-761X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110812428
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bernd Kortmann.