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Types of German causal clauses and their syntactic-semantic layers
Studies in Language Companion Series, 2023Abstract This chapter aims to discuss some distinguishing syntactic and interpretative properties of German causal weil-clauses, da-clauses and verb-first causal clauses. The chapter argues that these different properties can be fruitfully analysed in Krifka’s (2018, to appear) system of decomposition of a speech act into the levels of a proposition ...
Werner Frey
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On Purpose and Causal Adverbial Clauses in Yaqui
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Factors for the integration of causal clauses in the history of German
2023Abstract The variation between integrated (verb-final) and independent (verb-second) causal clauses in German could depend on the amount of information conveyed in that clause. A lower amount might lead to integration, a higher amount to independence, as processing constraints might forbid integration of highly informative clauses. We
Augustin Speyer, Sophia Voigtmann
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Modal particles in causal clauses
2014It is well-known that modal particles are not only licensed in root clauses, but also in a proper subset of embedded clauses. However, most existing accounts are primarily concerned with syntactic licensing conditions of modal particles in embedded clauses, while their semantic aspects remain relatively unexplored.
Mathias Schenner, Frank Sode
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The Analysis of Causality in Escape Clause Cases
The Journal of Industrial Economics, 1988Under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, the so-called escape clause, a domestic industry that is seriously injured can obtain temporary relief if imports are the substantial cause of such injury. This paper develops a methodology to determine the change in a domestic industry's production as a result of changes in import supply, demand, and ...
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Micro- and Macro-variation of Causal Clauses
2023This collection presents novel insights into the micro- and macro-variation of causal clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. It contains a general introduction to the topic setting the scene and nine chapters based on data from Dutch, German, English, Icelandic, Chinese, and Japanese.
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Causal and concessive clauses: Formal and semantic relations
2000Peter Siemund
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