Parts of speech and dependent clauses in Functional Discourse Grammar

Hengeveld, Kees; van Lier, Eva

doi:10.1075/sl.32.3.13hen

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Parts of Speech: Descriptive tools, theoretical constructs
Edited by Umberto Ansaldo, Jan Don and Roland Pfau
[Studies in Language 32:3] 2008
► pp. 753–785

Parts of speech and dependent clauses in Functional Discourse Grammar

Kees Hengeveld | University of Amsterdam

Eva van Lier

In this paper we use the Theory of Functional Discourse Grammar to show that parts-of-speech (PoS) and dependent clauses (DCs) can both be defined in terms of the functions they may express. On the basis of this parallel treatment, we predict that the functional possibilities of PoS and DCs in languages are comparable. This hypothesis is tested using a sample of 23 languages. The results do show similarities between the functional patterns of the two types of constructions.

Published online: 9 September 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.32.3.13hen

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