FDG2026
Preceding the International Conference on Functional Discourse Grammar FDG2026, an International Postgraduate Course in Functional Discourse Grammar will be held in Córdoba, Spain, on 6 and 7 July, 2026.
Objectives
The intensive International Postgraduate Course on the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar is organized during the days preceding IC-FDG-2024 to enable linguists unfamiliar with the theory to prepare for participation in the conference. The course is organized with graduate students in mind.
Programme
Monday 6 July 2024
09:15 ‒ 11:00 |
Introduction to Functional Discourse Grammar |
11:00 ‒ 11:15 |
Coffee ‒ tea break |
11:15 ‒ 13:00 |
The Interpersonal Level |
13:00 ‒ 16:00 |
Lunch break |
16:00 ‒ 18:00 |
Analysis of example sentences |
18:00 ‒ 18:15 |
Coffee ‒ tea break |
18:15 ‒ 20:15 |
The Representational Level |
Tuesday 2 July 2024
| 09:00 ‒ 11:00 | Analysis of example sentences |
11:00 ‒ 11:15 |
Coffee ‒ tea break |
11:15 ‒ 13:00 |
The Morphosyntactic Level |
13:00 ‒ 16:00 |
Lunch break |
16:00 ‒ 18:00 |
Analysis of example sentences |
18:00 ‒ 18:15 |
Coffee ‒ tea break |
18:15 ‒ 20:15 |
The Phonological Level. Analysis of example sentences |
Staff
The course and the introduction will be taught by Daniel García Velasco (Universidad de Oviedo) and Kees Hengeveld (University of Amsterdam).
Preparation
Participants are asked to read the following text in preparation of the course: Hengeveld, Kees & Mackenzie, J. Lachlan (2010), Functional Discourse Grammar. In: Bernd Heine and Heiko Narrog eds, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 367-400. (Second edition 2015). This text will be distributed among the participants before the start of the course.
Assessment
This course can be taken for credits by Spanish PhD students. Apart from assistance and preparation, they will be required to hand in a written piece of work by July 20, 2026.
How you can reach us
The email address for all enquiries related to the course is functionaldiscoursegrammar@gmail.com.
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