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1 online resource (296 pages) |
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Pragmatics & Beyond New Series ; v. 249 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. v. 249.
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Contexts of Subordination; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; 1. Introduction; 1. Perspectives on subordination; 2. Subordination as a universal and language-specific phenomenon; 3. Subordination in the present volume; References; 2. Subordination in a dynamic account of grammar; 1. Subordination factors; 2. A dynamic view of grammar; 3. Grouping; 4. Grammar and symbolic assemblies; 5. Discourse function; 6. Relative clauses; 7. Complement clauses; 8. Adverbial clauses; 9. Conclusion; References |
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3. Is there really a syntactic category of subordination?1. Introduction; 2. Embedding and its problems; 3. Embedding: Semantics, pragmatics, diachrony; 4. Concluding remarks; Abbreviations; References; 4. Rhetorical use of some Finnish conjunctions in constructions and the scope of subordination; 1. A group of five constructions; 2. Some characteristics of the kun/kunnes + sound word construction variants; 3. Subordinating conjunctions kun and kunnes and the "inverse" use of kun as a motivating factor; 4. Typical and "narrative" uses of kunnes; 5. Conclusions; References |
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5. Subordination in purpose clauses. Variation of verb moods in Finnish and French1. Introduction; 2. Contrasting the Finnish conditional and the indicative mood: Purpose and consequence; 3. Comparison to the French subjunctive; 4. Subordination and mood in purpose clauses; 5. Conclusion; Abbreviations in interlinear morphemic gloss; Transcription symbols; Data; References; 6. On the contextual conceptualization of joka relative clauses in Finnish; 1. Introduction; 2. joka constructions in written Finnish; 3. On the conceptualization of the joka construction |
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4. On the functions of joka relative constructions in written Finnish5. Conceptualization potential of the joka relative construction; References; 7. More subordinate? Verb-final order and subordination in Finnish dialects; 1. Introduction; 2. Subordination, or not?; 3. Finnish word order; 4. Adverbial clauses with kun; 5. Conditional clauses with jos; 6. Relative clauses; 7. The role of the main clause; 8. Conclusions; Glosses and conventions; Data; References; 8. Subordination and the prosodic marking of punctuation in L'étranger by Albert Camus; 1. Introduction |
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2. Prosodic prototypes and atypical markings3. Conclusions; References; 9. Utterances ending in the conjunction että: Complete or to be continued?; 1. Introduction; 2. The Finnish että; 3. Some previous research on utterance-final conjunctions; 4. The analysis; 5. Conclusions; Transcription symbols; Glossing symbols; References; 10. French and Finnish converbal constructions and their translation from French into Finnish; 1. Introduction; 2. Converbs in French and Finnish; 3. Finnish translations of French converbs; 4. Final remarks; Abbreviations; Novels and short stories; References |
| Summary |
The change from temporal to cause is one of the well-known grammaticalization paths. This article analyses the change in the Estonian conjunction kuna, 'while; as, because' from temporal to causal one as well as the attitude of the Estonian language planners towards this change. This change has mainly taken place during the twentieth century. The end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century witnessed the prevailing use of the temporal use of kuna. However, during the latter part of the 20th century the use of kuna began to shift, and the use of causal kuna began to |
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11. Development of the Estonian conjunction kuna 'while |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subordinate constructions.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses.
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Typology (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subordinate constructions
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kalliokoski, Jyrki
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Sorva, Helena
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| ISBN |
9789027269614 |
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9027269610 |
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