A functional typology of Dutch insubordinate infinitives
This paper aims to offer a typology of Dutch insubordinate infinitives, which, following Evans’s (2007) definition of insubordination, are defined as ‘the main clause use’ of infinitival constructions. The main objectives of this paper are to provide a pragmatic analysis of these constructions in Dutch and, through cross-linguistic comparison, investigate whether their attested pragmatic functions correspond to the pragmatic functions of (a) insubordinate constructions in general and (b) insubordinate infinitives in particular. This is done on the basis of a corpus study, examining a sample of... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Schlagwörter: | Languages and Literatures / insubordination / insubordinate infinitives / root infinitives / Dutch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26675226 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GTVKBYQ42GHM8SB97GJE51HJ |