Coordination Relations in the Languages of Europe and Beyond
Autor: | Mauri, Caterina |
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EAN: | 9783110204391 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 372 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 16.09.2008 |
Schlagworte: | Bedeutung (semantisch) / Bedeutungslehre Kognitive Linguistik Semantik Sprachtheorie Sprachwissenschaft / Kognitive Linguistik |
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This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs on the basis of a 74 language sample, with special focus on the languages spoken in Europe. It constitutes the first systematic inquiry so far conducted on the cross-linguistic coding of coordination, as defined in cognitive and pragmatic terms. This research shows that the 'and-but-or' coding system which is typical of Central-Western Europe appears to be extremely rare outside Europe, where a great variation in the coding of coordination is attested. This cross-linguistic variation, however, is not random, but is crucially constrained by the interaction of economic principles with the semantic properties of the individual relations expressed. A fine-grained functional systematization of coordination is proposed and described by means of implicational patterns and semantic maps. This work brings together a broad cross-linguistic perspective and a detailed semantic analysis, largely based on new and comparable data collected by means of questionnaires, all accessible in the appendix of the book. It represents the first systematic attempt towards a unified typology of coordination relations.