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14 - Linking Syntax and Semantics in Adverbial (Adjoined) Clauses

from Part Three - Topics in RRG: Complex Sentences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2023

By
Lilián Guerrero
Edited by
Delia Bentley ,
Ricardo Mairal Usón ,
Wataru Nakamura  and
Robert D. Van Valin, Jr
Delia Bentley
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Ricardo Mairal Usón
Affiliation:
Universidad National de Educación a Distancia, Madrid
Wataru Nakamura
Affiliation:
Tohoku University, Japan
Robert D. Van Valin, Jr
Affiliation:
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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Summary

The goal of this chapter is to examine the rules that relate syntactic and semantic representations to each other in adverbial (adjoined) clauses. The following types of adverbial clause relations are discussed, using evidence from English, Spanish, Yaqui and other languages: concessive, conditional, reason, temporal, purpose, manner and means. The chapter sheds light on the complexities of adverbial relations between clauses and how such complexities can be captured in Role and Reference Grammar.

Keywords

adverbial clausesconcessiveconditionalreasontemporalpurposemannermeansSpanishYaqui
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The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar , pp. 557 - 590
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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