Mental spaces in grammar : conditional constructions /

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Author / Creator:Dancygier, Barbara.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 295 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in linguistics
Cambridge studies in linguistics.
Subject:Grammar, Comparative and general -- Conditionals.
Cognitive grammar.
Semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Cognitive grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Conditionals.
Semantics.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812519
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Other authors / contributors:Sweetser, Eve.
ISBN:0511126255
9780511126253
0511125399
9780511125393
9780511486760
0511486766
9780521844680
0521844681
0511182325
9780511182327
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-288) and indexes.
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Summary:Conditional constructions have long fascinated linguists and philosophers. In this pioneering study, Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality, broadening the range of richly described conditional constructions. This significant contribution to the field will be welcomed by theoretical and cognitive linguists alike.
Other form:Print version: Dancygier, Barbara. Mental spaces in grammar. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521844681