Although-constructions in varieties of English

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ID3040103
AuthorsOle Schützler (0000-0001-8868-0191, English Linguistics University of Bamberg Germany, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume39
Issue3
Pages443-461
Publication date2020-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/weng.12484
OpenAlexW3023518217
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited45

Focusing on subordinate clauses of concession introduced byalthough, this paper investigates the systematic variation of clause position by inspecting three language-internal factors (or constraints) and their stability across different varieties of the language. The three constraints are based on production (with speech making final placement more likely, due to reduced planning load), processing (with a general preference of final position), and semantics (with certain intra-constructional relations favouring initial placement due to the iconicity principle). The strength and robustness of the constraints outlined above are tested based on spoken and written corpus data from British, Canadian, New Zealand, Nigerian, Indian, and Philippine English

British English · Iconicity · Indian English · Linguistics · Preference · Robustness (evolution · Statistics · Variation (astronomy · Varieties of English · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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