This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations
of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs
on the basis of a 74 language sample, with special focus on the
languages spoken in Europe. It constitutes the first systematic
inquiry so far conducted on the cross-linguistic coding of
coordination, as defined in cognitive and pragmatic terms. This
research shows that the 'and-but-or' coding system which is typical
of Central-Western Europe appears to be extremely rare outside
Europe, where a great variation in the coding of coordination is
attested. This cross-linguistic variation, however, is not random,
but is crucially constrained by the interaction of economic
principles with the semantic properties of the individual relations
expressed. A fine-grained functional systematization of
coordination is proposed and described by means of implicational
patterns and semantic maps. This work brings together a broad
cross-linguistic perspective and a detailed semantic analysis,
largely based on new and comparable data collected by means of
questionnaires, all accessible in the appendix of the book. It
represents the first systematic attempt towards a unified typology
of coordination relations.
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