dc.contributor.author
Schützler, Ole
dc.date.accessioned
2024-03-07T13:16:32Z
dc.date.available
2024-03-07T13:16:32Z
dc.identifier.isbn
978-3-98554-080-8
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/42691
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-42414
dc.description.abstract
This volume presents a synchronic investigation of concessive constructions in nine varieties of English, based on data from the International Corpus of English. The structures of interest are complex sentences with a subordinate clause introduced by although, though or even though. Various functional and formal features are taken into account: (i) the semantic/pragmatic relation that holds between the propositions involved, (ii) the position of the subordinate clause, (iii) the conjunction that is used, and (iv) the syntax of the subordinate clause. By exploring patterns of variation from a Construction Grammar perspective, the study works towards an explanatory model, whose point of departure is at the functional (semantic/pragmatic) level, and which makes hierarchically organised predictions for different formal levels (clause position, choice of connective and realisation of the subordinate clause). It treats concessives as complex form-function pairings, and develops arguments and routines that may inform quantitative approaches to constructional variation more generally.
en
dc.format.extent
viii, 270 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
International Corpus of English
dc.subject.ddc
400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistik
dc.title
Concessive constructions in varieties of English
dc.identifier.urn
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-refubium-42691-4
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.5281/zenodo.8375010
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
Language Science Press
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace
Berlin
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/370
refubium.affiliation
Externe Anbieter
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
yes
refubium.series.issueNumber
9
refubium.series.name
Language Variation
dcterms.accessRights.dnb
free
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dc.identifier.eisbn
978-3-96110-422-2
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2366-7818