Micro- and macro-variation of causal clauses : synchronic and diachronic insights
International Conference on Historical Linguistics
Bok · Engelsk · 2023 · Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Omfang | vi, 353 sider : illustrasjoner (noen i farger)
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| Opplysninger | "The collection of chapters included in this volume goes back to a selection of contributions to the workshop entitled On the Diachrony of Causal Clauses convened and organized by the volume editors, Łukasz Jędrzejowski and Constanze Fleczoreck, at the 24th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL 24) at the Australian National University, Canberra, July 1-5, 2019"--CIP galley. - "This collection presents novel insights into the micro- and macro-variation of causal clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. It contains a general introduction to the topic setting the scene, and nine chapters based on data from Dutch, German, English, Icelandic, Chinese, and Japanese. Topics discussed in the individual chapters involve, inter alia, external, internal and linear syntax of adverbial clauses expressing a causal relation, their semantic interpretation and information-structural properties, verb position, volitionality, and the development of particular causal conjunctions. The findings gained here are of synchronic and diachronic nature and offer new theoretical perspectives on how causal dependency relationships are expressed by inherent causal morpho-syntactic patterns. They also provide a deeper comprehension of how sentential modifiers work, emerge and develop in general. This volume is an asset to grammarians, syntacticians, theoretical and historical linguists"--
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| ISBN | 9789027213419
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