Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Celle, Agnès.
Huart, Ruth.
|
|---|
| ISBN: | 9789027292261
9027292264
1282152912
9781282152915
9027254044
9789027254047
9789027254047
|
|---|
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
|
|---|
| Summary: | This set of eleven articles, by linguists from four different European countries and a variety of theoretical backgrounds, takes a new look at the discourse functions of a number of English connectives, from simple coordinators (and, but) to phrases of varying complexity (after all, the fact is that). Using authentic spoken and written data from varied sources, the authors explore the ways in which current uses of connectives result from the interaction of syntax, semantics and prosody, both over time and through diversity of discourse situations. Most adopt an integrative approach in which sp.
|
|---|
| Other form: | Print version: Connectives as discourse landmarks. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007 9789027254047 9027254044
|
|---|
