Discourse markers and modal particles :: categorization and description /

The present article investigates a cross-linguistic correlation between the meaning/function and the position of modal/final particles. It argues that some of the modal particles and their analogs in German, French, and Japanese derive from discourse markers that have come to express some (inter)sub...

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Other Authors: Degand, Liesbeth (Editor), Cornillie, Bert, 1975- (Editor), Pietrandrea, Paola (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; 234.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The present article investigates a cross-linguistic correlation between the meaning/function and the position of modal/final particles. It argues that some of the modal particles and their analogs in German, French, and Japanese derive from discourse markers that have come to express some (inter)subjective meanings in a limited sentential position, and it elucidates that the position that directly follows the tensed verb group can serve to motivate the development of modal particles with (inter)subjective meanings. Referring also to English data, it further demonstrates that the utterance-fina.
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271228
9027271224
1306090555
9781306090551

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