Theo Janssen

List of John Benjamins publications in which Theo Janssen is involved.

Title

Reported Speech: Forms and functions of the verb

Edited by Theo Janssen and Wim van der Wurff

In sentences containing reported speech, thought, or perception, it is possible to distinguish different voices or views, associated with different discourse roles. They originate in two different clauses: one clause signals a reporting situation, and the other a reported situation.This volume… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 43] 1996. x, 312 pp.

Articles (6) | Order by:

Boogaart, Ronny and Theo Janssen 2010 Mood in Dutch Mood in the Languages of Europe, Rothstein, Björn and Rolf Thieroff (eds.), pp. 117–132 | Article

Janssen, Theo 2007 A speaker/hearer-based grammar: the case of possessives and compounds Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar: In honour of Lachlan Mackenzie, Hannay, Mike and Gerard J. Steen (eds.), pp. 353–387 | Article

This chapter argues for a speaker/hearer-based grammar conceived of as a structured set of procedures and procedural elements which clarify how interlocutors can produce and understand utterances. Some basic issues of a speaker/hearerbased grammar (primacy of the utterance, interaction between… read more

Janssen, Theo 1998 Giving in Dutch: An intra-lexematical and inter-lexematical description The Linguistics of Giving, Newman, John (ed.), pp. 267–306 | Article

Janssen, Theo 1998 The Referentiality of Tenses Tense and Aspect: The contextual processing of semantic indeterminacy, Vogeleer, Svetlana, Walter De Mulder and Ilse Depraetere (eds.), pp. 209–228 | Article

Abstract. This article assumes that tenses in English and Dutch are non-time-based. A verb in the present tense form signals 'verb-in-this-context-of-situation', whereas a verb in the past tense form signals 'verb-in-that-context-of-situation'. It is argued here that the non-time-based analysis of… read more

Janssen, Theo 1996 Tense in reported speech and its frame of reference Reported Speech: Forms and functions of the verb, Janssen, Theo and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 237–260 | Article

Janssen, Theo and Wim van der Wurff 1996 Introductory remarks on reported speech and thought Reported Speech: Forms and functions of the verb, Janssen, Theo and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Article