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Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 602–624

Functional discourse grammar

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Outline of the model
    • 2.1FDG and verbal interaction
    • 2.2The architecture of FDG
    • 2.3Levels and layers
  • 3.The interpersonal level
  • 4.Discourse Acts and the relations between them
    • 4.1Introduction
    • 4.2Rhetorical functions
    • 4.3Illocution
  • 5.Subacts and the relations between them
    • 5.1Introduction
    • 5.2Pragmatic functions
      • Focus
      • Topic
      • Contrast
    • 5.3Ascription and reference
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 3 October 2022
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