Chapter 8
Innovative use of because
Article outline
- 8.1Introduction
- 8.2Grammar of the new usage
- 8.3Inheritance relations
- 8.3.1Causal because-clauses as instances of because X
- 8.3.2
Because X as a proper subpart of causal because-clauses
- 8.4Reconstruction of the message as the hearer’s business
- 8.5The X-Element as the speaker’s thought-expression
- 8.5.1Interjections
- 8.5.2Nouns and adjectives
- 8.5.3Agreement words
- 8.5.4Reduced clauses
- 8.6
subject
because
X construction
- 8.7Toward constructionalization
- 8.7.1Constructionalization and constructional changes
- 8.7.2Meaning pole revisited
- 8.7.3Step-by-step changes
- 8.8Summary
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Notes