Voegtype
Voegtype is a term used in some linguistic and typological discussions to denote the class of words or morphemes that function as connectors between syntactic units. The word is formed from the Dutch root voeg, meaning to join or link, combined with type to indicate a category. It is not a universally standardized label, and its exact scope varies across theoretical approaches. In practice, voegtypes often overlap with what many grammars call conjunctions and discourse connectives.
Classification within voegtype is typically functional rather than fixed to a single part of speech. Subtypes
Key features of voegtypes include their role in signaling semantic relations (addition, contrast, causation, sequencing, condition),
Applications of voegtype labeling appear in corpus linguistics, parsing, and machine translation, where a unified connector
See also: conjunction, discourse marker, connective, syntax.