Temporal, Causal and Concessive Clauses with the particle wo in ...

6' Hans' running has a rapidity (= x) and the wind has a rapidity (= y),
whereby wie states that x = y
Transferred to a restrictive relative clause the paraphrase could be formulated as in (7):
7. Des Buech wo ich g'lese ha liit uff em Tisch
the book PRT I read have lies on the table
‚The book that I read lies on the table'
ALM
7‘ x is a book and
7‘‘ I read something (=y)
→ Due to the particles so or wo the following relation is established: x = y
(see also Brandner, Bräuning, to appear)
There is supposed to be a common structure between equatives and restrictive relative clauses
lying in the conjunction of two elements. In (6) it is a conjunction (equation) of properties
whereas in (7) the conjunction combines the two elements for which the property holds
(compare also Brandner, Bräuning (to appear) for a detailed analysis).
The presentation will discuss the following open questions: How to analyze the occurrence of
the particle wo in temporal, concessive and causal sentences. What is the function of the particle
in these structures? How is the temporal, causal or concessive reading possible if there is no
Standard German conjunction and can we bring together the analysis for restrictive relative
clauses with the particle structure in temporal, causal and concessive clauses?
References:
Brandner, Ellen, Bräuning, Iris (to appear). Relative wo in Alemannic: only a complementizer?
Linguistische Berichte.
Bräuning, Iris. 2009. Wo als funktionale Kategorie: eine Studie im Schwäbisch-Alemannischen
Dialekt, MA Thesis. Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Konstanz.
Günthner, Susanne. 2002. Zum kausalen und konzessiven Gebrauch des Konnektors wo im
gesprochenen Umgangsdeutsch. Zeitschrift für Germanistische Linguistik 30:310-341.
Paul, Hermann. 1920. Deutsche Grammtik IV. Syntax (2. Hälfte). Halle (Saale): Niemeyer.