Adverbial Subordination: A Typology and History of Adverbial Subordinators Based on European Languages

Bernd Kortmann

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Adverbial Subordination

A Typology and History of Adverbial Subordinators Based on European Languages

Bernd Kortmann

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1997

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Volume 18 | Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Philosophy of Language

Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xi
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xv
List of Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xvi
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xvii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxi
Part One. Background: Scope, Aims, Theory, Methodology, Data
1. Scope and aims Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Theoretical foundations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
3. The European perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
4. Data collection and classification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
Part Two. Towards a Typology
5. The grammatical category of adverbial subordinators: some initial general tendencies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
6. The equilibrium of form and meaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
7. The semantic space of adverbial relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
8. Areal and genetic patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
9. Euroversals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271
Part Three. Historical Developments
10. From Old English to Present-Day English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
Part Four. Summary and Outlook
11. The major results and their implications for future research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	337
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
Grammars and Dictionaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	373
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	381
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	409
Index of Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	413
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	416

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August 7, 2012

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9783110812428

Hardcover published on:

November 14, 1996

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110151145

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Reprint 2012

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23

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425

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110812428

eBook ISBN: 9783110812428

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110151145

Keywords for this book

Adverbialsatz; Kontrastive Grammatik

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