Publications

Publication details [#2691]

Dik, Simon C. 1981. Embedded themes in spoken Dutch: Two ways out. In Bolkestein, A. Machtelt, Henk A. Combé, Simon C. Dik, Casper De Groot, Jadranka Gvozdanovic, Albert Rijksbaron and Co Vet, eds. Predication and expression in functional grammar. Academic Press. pp. 113–124.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

subordinate clause | theme2

Language as a subject

Dutch

Annotation

Two strategies followed by Dutch speakers to express the pragmatically relevant 'theme predication'-construction in subordinate clauses, are presented and captured in terms of functional grammar.