Adverbial Clauses in Scots : A Semantic-Syntactic Study
Scots language sähkökirjat
De Gruyter Mouton
1999
EISBN 9783110803822
2.3. General structural characteristics of adverbial clauses2.4. Clause patterns of adverbial clauses; 2.5. A function-based definition of adverbial subordinators; 2.6. The morphological structure of adverbial subordinators; 2.7. Adverbial clauses and polyfunctionality; PART II: DESCRIPTION; 3. Semantic categories; 3.1. Clauses of place; 3.2. Clauses of time; 3.3. Clauses of condition; 3.4. Clauses of restriction; 3.5. Clauses of exception; 3.6. Clauses of comparison; 3.7. Clauses of preference; 3.8. Clauses of concession; 3.9. Clauses of reason; 3.10. Clauses of purpose and prevention.
3.11. Clauses of result3.12. Clauses of means; 3.13. C lauses of accompanying circumstance; PART III: ANALYSIS; 4. Variability of patterns; 4.1. Variation within Scots; 4.2. The diachronic perspective; 4.3. The cross-linguistic perspective: Structural comparison; 4.4. The cross-linguistic perspective: Semantic comparison; 5. Summary and conclusion; 5.1. Variation in Scots: Qualitative and quantitative differences; 5.2. Scots and Standard English: Qualitative and quantitative differences; 5.3. Adverbial clauses in Scots: Possible and probable developments.
5.4. Adverbial clauses in Scots as a case study in dialect syntax5.5. Adverbial clauses in Scots: Implications for linguistic theory; 5.6. Areas for future research: Some suggestions; Appendix: The database; 1. The spoken corpus; 2. The written corpus; Notes; References; Maps; A note on maps; Map 1: Scots dialect regions according to the SND; Map 2: Regional divisions based on the present study; Map 3: Regional distribution of spoken texts; Map 4: Regional distribution of written texts; Map 5: Regional distribution of written and spoken texts combined; Author Index; General Index;.
Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; PART I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Aims and scope of the present study; 1.2. The history of Scots; 1.3. Perceptions of Scots and attitudes towards it; 1.4. The state of Scottish language studies; 1.5. The grammar of Scots: A neglected field of linguistic research; 1.6. Methodology; 2. Adverbial clauses: Definitions and classifications; 2.1. The syntactic status of adverbial clauses in grammatical theory; 2.2. A function-based definition and classification of adverbial clauses.
3.11. Clauses of result3.12. Clauses of means; 3.13. C lauses of accompanying circumstance; PART III: ANALYSIS; 4. Variability of patterns; 4.1. Variation within Scots; 4.2. The diachronic perspective; 4.3. The cross-linguistic perspective: Structural comparison; 4.4. The cross-linguistic perspective: Semantic comparison; 5. Summary and conclusion; 5.1. Variation in Scots: Qualitative and quantitative differences; 5.2. Scots and Standard English: Qualitative and quantitative differences; 5.3. Adverbial clauses in Scots: Possible and probable developments.
5.4. Adverbial clauses in Scots as a case study in dialect syntax5.5. Adverbial clauses in Scots: Implications for linguistic theory; 5.6. Areas for future research: Some suggestions; Appendix: The database; 1. The spoken corpus; 2. The written corpus; Notes; References; Maps; A note on maps; Map 1: Scots dialect regions according to the SND; Map 2: Regional divisions based on the present study; Map 3: Regional distribution of spoken texts; Map 4: Regional distribution of written texts; Map 5: Regional distribution of written and spoken texts combined; Author Index; General Index;.
Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; PART I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Aims and scope of the present study; 1.2. The history of Scots; 1.3. Perceptions of Scots and attitudes towards it; 1.4. The state of Scottish language studies; 1.5. The grammar of Scots: A neglected field of linguistic research; 1.6. Methodology; 2. Adverbial clauses: Definitions and classifications; 2.1. The syntactic status of adverbial clauses in grammatical theory; 2.2. A function-based definition and classification of adverbial clauses.
