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- Title
A preliminary description of mood in Welsh.
- Authors
Fontaine, Lise; Williams, Lowri
- Abstract
In this paper we propose a functional account of the Welsh mood system, focussing on responsives in particular. The discourse functions of responsives are interpreted through the concept of negotiation within the systemic functional linguistic framework, which offers a rich model for accounting for both initiations and responses, including possible tracking and challenging moves. By examining the interaction of mood together with specific features of Welsh, e.g. a dominant VSO clause ordering, mood particles, Subject ellipsis and a complex system of negation, we are able to show that Welsh tends to highlight interpersonal meanings in clause initial position. As the first functional description of Welsh, we also set out important directions for future research, based on the findings presented in this paper.
- Subjects
NEGOTIATION; CELTIC languages; SOCIOLINGUISTICS; PHONOLOGY; NATURAL language processing; WELSH language
- Publication
Language, Context & Text, 2021, Vol 3, Issue 2, p200
- ISSN
2589-7233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/langct.20007.fon