Discourse markers and modal particles

Discourse markers and modal particles: categorization and description

by Cornillie, Bert Degand, Liesbeth Pietrandrea, Paola

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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…

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  • Full title :Discourse markers and modal particles : categorization and description / edited by Liesbeth Degand, Université catholique de Louvain ; Bert Cornillie, University of Leuven ; Paola Pietrandrea, Université de Tours & LLL CNRS.

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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.

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  • Publication Date:2013

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  • Description:1 online resource (239 pages)

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  • ISBN:9789027271228, 9027271224, 1306090555, 9781306090551
  • oclc:ocn867630893
  • LC Classification:P302.35
  • Dewey Decimal:401/.41

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Discourse markers Grammar, Comparative and general -- Par… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General Marqueurs du discours Particules (Linguistique) Pragmatics Pragmatique

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Cornillie, Bert Degand, Liesbeth Pietrandrea, Paola

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