Mental spaces in grammar : conditional constructions /

• Dancygier, Barbara.
• Sweetser, Eve.

• Grammar, Comparative and general -- Conditionals.
• Cognitive grammar
• Semantics.

• Cambridge University Press,

• Cambridge studies in linguistics

• 9780521844680
• 0521844681 (hardback)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-288) and indexes.
• 1. Conditional constructions, mental spaces, and semantic compositionality; 2. Prediction, alternativity, and epistemic stance; 3. Tense, epistemic distance, and embedded spaces; 4. Future and present forms in conditional constructions; 5. Non-alternatives and alternatives: mental spaces in different domains; 6. Then and even if: mental space deixis and referential uniqueness; 7. Clause order and space-building: if, because, unless, and except if; 8. Uniqueness and negative stance: only if and if only; 9. Coordinate constructions and conditional meaning; 10. The Door-scraper in the Wild Wood: conditional constructions and frame-based space-building.

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