| Lemma | circumstance |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
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| Citazioni | ‘Circumstance’: an SoA [state of affairs] presented as obtaining concurrently with the SoA expressed in the core predication:
(77) a. Mary was smoking a cigarette, ‘while John was washing the car’
[…]. |