{"product_id":"mental-spaces-in-grammar-conditional-constructions-hardback-9780521844680","title":"Mental Spaces in Grammar; Conditional Constructions (Hardback) 9780521844680","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMental Spaces in Grammar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConditional Constructions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this pioneering new study, Barbara  Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarbara Dancygier (Author), Eve Sweetser (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521844680, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a thorough and challenging analysis of conditional constructions in English. … a genuinely new approach … Mental Spaces in Grammar: Conditional Constructions is an excellent and intriguing study …' William Van Belle and Ingrid Van Canegem-Ardijns, University of Leuven\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConditional constructions have long fascinated linguists, grammarians and philosophers. In this pioneering new study, Barbara  Dancygier and Eve Sweetser offer a new descriptive framework for the study of conditionality, broadening the range of richly described conditional constructions. They explore theoretical issues such as the mental-space-building processes underlying conditional thinking and the form-meaning relationship involved in expressing conditionality. Using a broad range of attested English conditional constructions, the book examines inter-constructional relationships. Within the framework of Mental Spaces Theory, shared parameters of meaning are shown to be relevant to conditional constructions generally, as well as related temporal and causal constructions. This significant contribution to the field will be welcomed by a wide range of researchers in theoretical and cognitive linguistics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Conditional constructions, mental spaces and semantic compositionality\u003cbr\u003e 2. Prediction, alternativity and epistemic stance\u003cbr\u003e 3. Tense, epistemic distance and embedded spaces\u003cbr\u003e 4. Future and present forms in conditional constructions\u003cbr\u003e 5. Non-alternatives and alternatives: mental spaces in different domains\u003cbr\u003e 6. Then and even if: mental-space deixis and referential uniqueness\u003cbr\u003e 7. Clause order and space building: if, because, unless and except if\u003cbr\u003e 8. Uniqueness and negative stance: only if and if only\u003cbr\u003e 9. Coordinate constructions and conditional meaning\u003cbr\u003e 10. The door-scraper in the Wild Wood: conditional constructions and frame-based space building\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265231802648,"sku":"9780521844680","price":100.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521844680i.jpg?v=1692020808","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mental-spaces-in-grammar-conditional-constructions-hardback-9780521844680","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}