LINGUIST List 17.977

Sat Apr 01 2006

Books: Ling Theories/Semantics/Syntax: Dancygier

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Directory         1.    Joyce Reid, Conditionals and Prediction: Dancygier
Message 1: Conditionals and Prediction: Dancygier
Date: 28-Mar-2006
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
Subject: Conditionals and Prediction: Dancygier


Title: Conditionals and Prediction Subtitle: Time, Knowledge and Causation in Conditional Constructions Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 87 Published: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Author: Barbara Dancygier Paperback: ISBN: 0521024161 Pages: 224 Price: U.K. £ 18.99
Paperback: ISBN: 0521024161 Pages: 224 Price: U.S. $ 32.99
Abstract:

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

Acknowledgements;1. Conditionals as a category;2. Prediction and distance: time and modality in conditional clauses;3. Relations between the clauses in conditional constructions;4. Knowledge and conditional protases;5. Conditional clauses: form and order;6. If and other conditional conjunctions;7. Conclusion: prototypical conditionality and related constructions;Bibliography;Indexes.


Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories                             Semantics                             Syntax
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Written In: English (eng )

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