Karin Beijering

Semi-insubordinate dat-constructions in Dutch

2017 · Nederlandse taalkunde

This paper discusses one subtype of semi-insubordination in Dutch, viz. adverbial and adjectival semi-insubordinate dat-constructions (e.g. Misschien/Leuk dat hij komt ‘Maybe/nice that he comes’). These constructions display an unusual syntactic status in that they consist …