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Mental Spaces in Grammar: Conditional Constructions

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Conditional constructions have long fascinated linguists, grammarians and philosophers. Eve Sweetser and Barbara Dancygier offer a new descriptive framework by broadening the range of study. Using a gamut of English conditional constructions, they explore issues such as the compositionality of constructional meaning, describing both the mental-space building processes underlying conditional thinking, and the form-meaning relationship involved in expressing conditionality.

Language: English

Pages: 316

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: July 07, 2005

ISBN: 0521844681

ISBN 13: 9780521844680

Mental Spaces in Grammar: Conditional Constructions

4.8/5 ( ratings)

Conditional constructions have long fascinated linguists, grammarians and philosophers. Eve Sweetser and Barbara Dancygier offer a new descriptive framework by broadening the range of study. Using a gamut of English conditional constructions, they explore issues such as the compositionality of constructional meaning, describing both the mental-space building processes underlying conditional thinking, and the form-meaning relationship involved in expressing conditionality.

Language: English

Pages: 316

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: July 07, 2005

ISBN: 0521844681

ISBN 13: 9780521844680

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