Reduced parenthetical clauses as mitigators : a corpus study of spoken French, Italian and Spanish

Reduced parenthetical clauses as mitigators : a corpus study of spoken French, Italian and Spanish / Stefan Schneider.

While parentheticals attract constant attention, they very rarely constitute the main subject of monographs. This book provides a comprehensive account of reduced parenthetical clauses (RPCs) in three Romance languages. Typical French RPCs are je crois, disons, je dirais, je pense, je sais pas, and...

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Main Author: Schneider, Stefan, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Series:Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 27.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Parenthetical constructions.
Pragmatics.
Semantics.
pragmatics.
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses
Grammar, Comparative and general > Parenthetical constructions
Pragmatics
Semantics
Romaanse talen.
Tussenzinnen.
Französische Sprache > Parenthese.
Italienische Sprache > Parenthese.
Spanische Sprache > Parenthese.
Parenthetical clauses.
Corpus-based studies > Parenthetical clauses.
Linear Unit Grammar > Discourse analysis.
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Table of Contents:
  • Reduced Parenthetical Clauses as Mitigators; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTATION CONVENTIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PARENTHESIS: A PROBLEMATIC CONCEPT; 3. PREVIOUS STUDIES; 4. REDUCED PARENTHETICAL CLAUSES IN SPOKEN CORPORA; 5. PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES; 6. PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS: FUNCTIONS; 7. SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC PROPERTIES; 8. SYNTACIC PROPERTIES; 9. PROSODIC PROPERTIES; 10. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.

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