TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidtke-Bode,Karsten
TI  - A typology of purpose clauses
T2  - Typological studies in language,
SN  - 9789027288981
AV  - P297 .S35 2009eb
U1  - 415 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub. Co.
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Clauses
KW  - Subordinate constructions
KW  - Propositions (Linguistique)
KW  - Subordonnées (Linguistique)
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Grammar & Punctuation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Syntax
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- Aims and scope of the book -- Theoretical and methodological foundations -- The grammar of purpose : documentation and explanation -- Purpose clauses in the syntactic and conceptual space of complex sentences -- Conclusion and outlook -- References
N2  - This book presents the first comprehensive typology of purpose clause constructions in the world's languages. Based on a stratified variety sample of 80 languages, it uncovers the unity and diversity of the morphosyntactic means by which purposive relations are coded, and discusses the status of purpose clauses in the syntactic and conceptual space of complex sentences. Explanations for significantly recurrent coding patterns are couched in a usage-based approach to language structure, which pays due attention to the cognitive and communicative pressures on usage events involving purpose claus
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