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Functional Discourse Grammar

open access: yes, 2006
AbstractThis chapter introduces Functional Discourse Grammar, a typologically based model of language structure, and is organized as follows. Section 15.2 provides a general outline of the model and its place as the grammatical component of a wide theory of verbal interaction.
Hengeveld, K., Lachlan Mackenzie, J.
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Casebook in Functional Discourse Grammar

open access: yes, 2013
This book provides ten case studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), a typologically-oriented theory of the organization of natural languages that has risen to prominence in recent years. The authors, all committed practitioners of FDG, include Kees Hengeveld, the intellectual father of the theory, who shows how it offers a radically new approach
Mackenzie, J.L., Olbertz, H.
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Functional Discourse Grammar: pragmatic aspects

open access: yes, 2009
This chapter introduces Functional Discourse Grammar, focusing on the way in which this model is capable of accounting for the grammatical encoding of pragmatic distinctions and for the typological variation found in this area of grammar.
Hannay, M., Hengeveld, K.
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Backchannels in Functional Discourse Grammar: A discussion of the device and its implementation into the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This thesis aims at describing and discussing the discourse device of backchannels in British English. Exploring the general concept of backchannels, their use in ongoing conversation and their implementation into the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar forms the main body of this work. The design of this paper is split into two parts.
Weiß, Maximilian
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Epilogue: dynamic morphosyntax in Functional Discourse Grammar

Language Sciences, 2012
This epilogue addresses the most important topics and challenges for the MorphosyntacticLevel in Functional Discourse Grammar that have been raised in the articles in this SpecialIssue. We begin by exploring the differences between the Morphosyntactic Level in FDGand the treatment of morphosyntactic phenomena in other linguistic frameworks.
Daniel Garcia Velasco   +2 more
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