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:CONNECT