Conditionals and Prediction : Time, Knowledge, and Causation in Conditional Constructions

Conditionals and Prediction : Time, Knowledge, and Causation in Conditional Constructions / Barbara Dancygier.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of English conditional sentences. Dancygier classifies conditional constructions according to time-reference and modality. Focused on English, the study also provides a framework that can be extended to a range of grammatical phenomena in many other languages.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dancygier, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 87.
Subjects:
English language > Conditionals.
English language > Sentences.
English language > Conditionals
English language > Sentences
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This book offers an in-depth analysis of English conditional sentences. Dancygier classifies conditional constructions according to time-reference and modality. Focused on English, the study also provides a framework that can be extended to a range of grammatical phenomena in many other languages.
Physical Description:1 online resource (226 pages).
ISBN:9780511054273
0511054270
0511150946
9780511150944
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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