Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. "Same same but different" – Modal particles, discourse markers and the art (and purpose) of categorization 19
5. A radical construction grammar perspective on the modal particle-discourse particle distinction 47
6. Analyzing modal adverbs as modal particles and discourse markers 89
7. Modal particles, discourse markers, and adverbs with lt -suffix in Estonian 107
8. Modal particles: Problems in defining a category 133
9. From TAM to discourse: The role of information status in North-Western Italian gia 'already' 163
10. The fuzzy boundaries between discourse marking and modal marking 191
11. From discourse markers to modal/final particles: What the position reveals about the continuum 217
12. Index 237