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English prepositions in Functional Discourse Grammar
Functions of Language, 2008Adpositions have always been problematic in terms of analysis and representation: should they be regarded as lexical elements, with an argument structure, or as semantically empty grammatical elements, i.e. as operators or functions? Or could it be that some adpositions are lexical and others grammatical, or even that one and the same adposition can be
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Derivational morphology in Functional Discourse Grammar
2014The aim of this paper is to provide a general overview of derivational morphology in Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) as presented in Hengeveld and Mackenzie (2008). The paper begins with a brief description of the model with special reference to those properties which are relevant in the characterization of derivational processes; it also discusses ...
Daniel García Velasco, Evelien Keizer
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Derivation in Functional Discourse Grammar: Some challenges and implications
Word Structure, 2018One distinctive feature of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) is that it distinguishes two types of derivational processes: Lexical derivation, which takes place in the lexicon, and syntactic derivation, which takes place in the grammar. The aim of this paper is to consider some of the implications of this approach by addressing three major issues: i)
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Comment clauses, Functional Discourse Grammar and the grammar-discourse interface
2004discourse, grammar ...
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Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse
2007This book, a tribute to Angela Downing, consists of twenty papers taking a broadly functional perspective on language, with topics ranging from the general (grammar as an evolutionary product, text comprehension, integrative linguistics) to particular aspects of the grammars of languages (Bulgarian, English, Icelandic, Spanish, Swedish).
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Raising in Functional Discourse Grammar
2013This chapter deals with the phenomenon of subject and object raising and proposes an analysis within Functional Discourse Grammar as presented in Hengeveld and Mackenzie (2008). After an introduction to the main properties of raising, Section 3 argues that the pragmatic motivation of raising is to establish textual cohesion and thematic continuity in ...
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Discourse and Pragmatics in Functional Grammar
1997Cohesion in functional grammar, Kees Hengeveld discourse markers, discourse structure and functional grammar, Caroline Kroon a functionally oriented analysis of spoken dialogue between individuals linked by a computer network, John H. Connolly et al business conversations from a conversational analytical and a functional grammar perspective, Ans A.G ...
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