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The Semantics of Clause Linking (eBook, ePUB)

A Cross-Linguistic Typology

Redaktion: Dixon, R. M. W.; Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.
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This book is a cross-linguistic examination of the different grammatical means languages employ to represent a general set of semantic relations between clauses. The investigations focus on ways of combining clauses other than through relative and complement clause constructions. These span a number of types of semantic linking. Three, for example, describe varieties of consequence - cause, result, and purpose - which may be illustrated in English by, respectively: Because John has been studying German for years, he speaks it well; John has been studying German for years, thus he speaks it wel...

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