Martin Konvicka
List of John Benjamins publications in which Martin Konvicka is involved.
Articles
2025 Chapter 18. Language contact in online spaces: Multiple sources of non-finite causal constructions in Dutch Dutch and Contact Linguistics: The Dutch language outside the Low Countries, Joby, Christopher and Nicoline van der Sijs (eds.), pp. 559–580 | Chapter
In this chapter, I analyse the two Dutch non-finite causal constructions want X ‘because X’ and omdat X ‘because X’ from historical and comparative perspectives. I particularly focus on the relationship between language-internal and language-external factors in their development. To that end, I… read more
2024 Cause and comment: Two functions of non-finite causal constructions The Speech Act(ion) of Commenting in Social Media and Beyond, Külpmann, Robert and Rita Finkbeiner (eds.), pp. 318–338 | Article
In this paper, I investigate the functional dimension of non-finite causal constructions, exemplified using the English because X constructions. The analysis identifies two functions of these constructions: expressing causality and commenting. Primarily, non-finite causal constructions express… read more