Conditionals and Prediction: Time, Knowledge and Causation in Conditional Constructions - Couverture souple

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Dancygier, Barbara

 
9780521024167: Conditionals and Prediction: Time, Knowledge and Causation in Conditional Constructions
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ISBN 10 : 0521024161 ISBN 13 : 9780521024167
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book offers a new and in-depth analysis of English conditional sentences. In a wide-ranging discussion, Dancygier classifies conditional constructions according to time-reference and modality. She shows how the basic meaning parameters of conditionality correlate to formal parameters of the linguistic constructions which are used to express them. Dancygier suggests that the function of prediction is central to the definition of conditionality, and that conditional sentences display certain formal features which correlate to aspects of interpretation. Although the analysis is based primarily on English, it provides a theoretical framework that can be extended cross-linguistically to a broad range of grammatical phenomena. It will be essential reading for scholars and students concerned with the role of conditionals in English and many other languages.

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This book offers a new and in-depth analysis of English conditional sentences. In a wide-ranging discussion, Dancygier classifies conditional constructions according to time-reference and modality. She shows how the basic meaning parameters of conditionality correlate to formal parameters of the linguistic constructions which are used to express them. Dancygier suggests that the function of prediction is central to the definition of conditionality, and that conditional sentences display certain formal features which correlate to aspects of interpretation. Although the analysis is based primarily on English, it provides a theoretical framework that can be extended cross-linguistically to a broad range of grammatical phenomena. It will be essential reading for scholars and students concerned with the role of conditionals in English and many other languages.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521024161
ISBN 13 
9780521024167
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
228
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9780521591515: Conditionals and Prediction: Time, Knowledge and Causation in Conditional Constructions

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521591511 ISBN 13 :  9780521591515
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999
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