Comparative Concept: declarative construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
declarative construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | declarative construction |
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Definition
the construction that expresses a declarative speech act. Example: The English sentence Sandra picked up the children is an instance of a declarative speech act. The declarative is the most common speech act construction, and is considered the default speech act construction. (Section 12.1)