Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction: How false friends give true hints about pragmatic markers 1
4. Semantic change 11
5. Degrees of pragmaticalization 37
6. “You’re absolutely right!!” 65
7. The imperative of intentional visual perception as a pragmatic marker 95
8. É vida, olha… : Imperatives as discourse markers and grammaticalization paths in Romance 117
9. Reviews
10. Gaétane Dostie, Pragmaticalisation et marqueurs discursifs: analyse sémantique et traitement lexicographique 141
11. Karin Aijmer and Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen (eds), Pragmatic Markers in Contrast 148
12. Richard Waltereit, Abtönung. Zur Pragmatik und historischen Semantik von Modalpartikeln und ihren funktionalen Äquivalenten in romanischen Sprachen 153
13. Index 159