Coordination Relations in the Languages of Europe and Beyond

Caterina Mauri

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2008

Coordination Relations in the Languages of Europe and Beyond

Caterina Mauri

Volume 42 in the series Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211498

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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.

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Caterina Mauri, University of Pavia, Italy.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
List of figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
List of tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIV
List of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XVII
Chapter 1. Theoretical foundations: the notion of coordination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Parameters of analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Chapter 3. Combination relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Chapter 4. Contrast relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter 5. Alternative relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Chapter 6. Combination, contrast and alternative relations in comparison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Chapter 7. A focus on Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
Chapter 8. Conclusion and prospects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Reasearch Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students (Language Typologists, Cognitive Linguists, Theoretical and Descriptive Linguists, Logicians, Language Philosophers and Semanticians from allTtheoretical Approaches).
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 354
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
- Tables: 54
Keywords: Language Typology; Cognitive Linguistics; Semantics

eBook

Published: November 3, 2008
ISBN: 9783110211498

Hardcover

Published: September 16, 2008
ISBN: 9783110204391