35.167, Books: Concessive constructions in varieties of English: Schützler (2023)

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Date: 13-Dec-2023
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian.nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Concessive constructions in varieties of English: Schützler (2023)


Title: Concessive constructions in varieties of English
Series Title: Language Variation
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Language Science Press
                http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/370

Author: Ole Schützler
Abstract:


This volume presents a synchronic investigation of concessive
constructions in nine varieties of English, based on data from the
International Corpus of English. The structures of interest are
complex sentences with a subordinate clause introduced by although,
though or even though. Various functional and formal features are
taken into account: (i) the semantic/pragmatic relation that holds
between the propositions involved, (ii) the position of the
subordinate clause, (iii) the conjunction that is used, and (iv) the
syntax of the subordinate clause. By exploring patterns of variation
from a Construction Grammar perspective, the study works towards an
explanatory model, whose point of departure is at the functional
(semantic/pragmatic) level, and which makes hierarchically organised
predictions for different formal levels (clause position, choice of
connective and realisation of the subordinate clause). It treats
concessives as complex form-function pairings, and develops arguments
and routines that may inform quantitative approaches to constructional
variation more generally.

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Language Family(ies): English based

Areal Regions: Western Europe

Written In: English (eng)



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