Mental spaces in grammar

Mental spaces in grammar: conditional constructions

by Dancygier, Barbara

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Conditional constructions have long fascinated linguists and philosophers. In this pioneering study, Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality, broadening the range of richly described conditional constructions. This significant contribution to the field will be welcomed by theoretical and cognitive linguists alike.

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  • Full title :Mental spaces in grammar : conditional constructions / Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser.

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Conditional constructions have long fascinated linguists and philosophers. In this pioneering study, Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality, broadening the range of richly described conditional constructions. This significant contribution to the field will be welcomed by theoretical and cognitive linguists alike.

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  • Publication Date:2005.

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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 10 juin 2008).

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  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (xvii, 295 pages) : : illustrations, fichier PDF

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0511182325, 9780511182327, 9786610458363, 6610458367
  • oclc:ocn276984940
  • LC Classification:P292.5
  • Dewey Decimal:415

Table of Contents

Conditional constructions, mental spaces, and semantic compositionality -- Prediction, alternativity, and epistemic stance -- Tense, epistemic distance, and embedded spaces -- Future and present forms in conditional constructions -- Non-alternatives and alternatives : mental spaces in different domains -- Then and even if : mental space deixis and referential uniqueness -- Clause order and space-building : if, because, unless, and except if -- Uniqueness and negative stance : only if and if only -- Coordinate constructions and conditional meaning -- The door-scraper in the Wild Wood : conditional constructions and frame-based space-building.

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Cognitive grammar Conditionnel Conditionnel (Mode) e-books Grammaire Grammaire cognitive Grammar, Comparative and general -- Con… Livre électronique (Descripteur de form… Livres électroniques Livres numériques Ressource Internet (Descripteur de form… semantics Sémantique

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Dancygier, Barbara Sweetser, Eve

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