MENTAL SPACES IN GRAMMAR by Eve Sweetser, Barbara Dancygier ( 9780521103244 )

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Title:

MENTAL SPACES IN GRAMMAR
CONDITIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS

By:

Eve Sweetser, Barbara Dancygier

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052110324X

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9780521103244

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2009

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics No. 108

Pages:

316

Description:

In this pioneering new study, Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality

Synopsis:

Conditional constructions have long fascinated linguists, grammarians and philosophers. In this pioneering new study, Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality, broadening the range of richly described conditional constructions. They explore theoretical issues such as the mental-space-building processes underlying conditional thinking and the form-meaning relationship involved in expressing conditionality. Using a broad range of attested English conditional constructions, the book examines inter-constructional relationships. Within the framework of Mental Spaces Theory, shared parameters of meaning are shown to be relevant to conditional constructions generally, as well as related temporal and causal constructions. This significant contribution to the field will be welcomed by a wide range of researchers in theoretical and cognitive linguistics.

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