Table 4 subordinate clauses behaving as... (Danish and German)
From: Clause complexing in systemic functional lingustics – towards an alternative description
Subordinate clauses behaving as… | |
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Constituents (viz. embedded clauses) | Hypotactically related clauses (viz. β-clauses) |
•All subordinate clauses related by a temporal conjunction (e.g. Dan. når, Germ. wenn [when]) | •All subordinate clauses related by a cause: result conjunction (e.g. Dan. således at, Germ. so dass [so that]) |
•All subordinate clauses related by a manner: comparison conjunction (e.g. Dan. ligesom, Germ. wie [like]) | •All subordinate clauses related by a condition: concessive conjunction (e.g. Dan. selvom, Germ. obwohl [although]) |
•Some subordinate clauses related by a causal conjunction (e.g. Dan. fordi, Germ. weil [because], Dan. hvis, Germ. wenn [if].) | •All subordinate clauses related by an addition: adversative conjunction (e.g. Dan. mens, Germ. während [while]) |
•Some subordinate clauses related by a causal conjunction (e.g. Dan. da, eftersom Germ. da, zumal [since].) | |
•Some subordinate clauses related by a conditional conjunction (when these realise conditions relating to the experiential meaning of the superordinate clause) | •Some subordinate clauses related by a conditional conjunction (when these realise interpersonal meaning) |