%0 Journal Article %A Degand, Liesbeth %T Omdat ik heb tot half één tentamen %D 2016 %J Nederlandse Taalkunde, %V 21 %N 3 %P 419-431 %@ 2352-1171 %R https://doi.org/10.5117/NEDTAA2016.3.DEGA %K subordination %K causal connectives %K coordination %K spoken language %I Amsterdam University Press, %X Abstract In contrast to written Dutch, spoken Dutch sees the sporadic emergence of a coordinating use of the subordinate conjunction omdat (‘because’). Starting from the paper by Persoon, Sanders, Quené & Verhagen (2010), this article aims at investigating the role coordinating omdat plays on the distinct levels of syntax, semantics, and discourse. Results suggest that coordinating omdat plays a discourse-specific role that is different from subordinating omdat. %U https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NEDTAA2016.3.DEGA