Adverbial conjunctions in Functional Discourse Grammar

• Autores: Kees Hengeveld, Gerry Wanders
• Localización: Structural-functional studies in English grammar: in honour of Lachlan Mackenzie / coord. por Mike Hannay, Gerard J. Steen, 2007, ISBN 9789027230935, págs. 209-226
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This contribution presents a new view on the treatment of adverbial conjunctions in Functional Discourse Grammar, combining an analysis of general linguistic interest with a theoretically motivated one. It starts off with a typological classification of linguistic elements expressing relations between clauses, which leads to a classification of conjunctions and conjunctional phrases in English. Attention is then paid to the different lexical-grammatical properties of different types of conjunctional elements. The findings show that, in English, linguistic elements used to combine clauses form a continuum ranging from grammatical elements parallel to prepositions to lexical elements parallel to verb chain contructions. The descriptive tools of Functional Discourse Grammar help to reveal a correlation between the types of conjunction and their domain of application.