Causation and reasoning constructions

Causation and reasoning constructions / Masaru Kanetani.

"Causation and reasoning are different but related types of relationships. Both causal relations and reasoning processes may be expressed with one and the same connective word in some languages: English speakers use because and Japanese speakers use kara. How then are causation and reasoning pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kanetani, Masaru (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Series:Constructional approaches to language ; v. 25.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Conjunctions.
Japanese language > Conjunctions.
Causation.
Reasoning.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Causation
Grammar, Comparative and general > Conjunctions
Japanese language > Conjunctions
Reasoning
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Previous studies: from gestalt to construction
  • 3. Constructions of causation and reasoning
  • 4. Focalizations of because- and since-clauses
  • 5. Causal construction and reasoning construction in Japanese
  • 6. Constructions of metalinguistic reasons
  • 7. Analogy in construction grammar: the case of just because of x doesn't mean y
  • 8. Innovative use of because
  • 9. Conclusion
  • References.

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