Chapter 8. Discourse particles in thetic judgments, in dependent sentences, and in non-finite phrases
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Werner Abraham✝
Abstract
I survey the discourse effects and conditions of selection of the German modal (discourse) particles on the basis of different questions that have always been in the focus of analytical descriptions (cf. Whitt 2015), which, however, can be formulated more clearly today. Special attention will be paid to the dimension of the Common Ground that mediates between the prior context and the current utterance or speaker and addressee and, depending on the individual modal particle morpheme, allows for negotiation of the question under discussion. Special focus is laid on the restrictions under which modal particles appear in dependent sentences.
Abstract
I survey the discourse effects and conditions of selection of the German modal (discourse) particles on the basis of different questions that have always been in the focus of analytical descriptions (cf. Whitt 2015), which, however, can be formulated more clearly today. Special attention will be paid to the dimension of the Common Ground that mediates between the prior context and the current utterance or speaker and addressee and, depending on the individual modal particle morpheme, allows for negotiation of the question under discussion. Special focus is laid on the restrictions under which modal particles appear in dependent sentences.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. The contribution of information structural strategies to the rise of discourse particles
- Chapter 1. Discourse particle position and information structure 27
- Chapter 2. Information-structural properties of is that clauses 47
- Chapter 3. Kazakh particle ğoj as an existential operator 71
- Chapter 4. From focus marking to illocutionary modification 111
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Part II. Information structure as a factor in the interpretation of polysemic and polyfunctional particles
- Chapter 5. Final or medial 135
- Chapter 6. Types and functions of wa -marked DPs and their structural distribution in a Japanese sentence 161
- Chapter 7. Is the information-structural contribution of modal particles in the syntax, in discourse structure, or in both? 177
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Part III. The contribution of discourse particles to the information-structural characterization of illocutionary acts
- Chapter 8. Discourse particles in thetic judgments, in dependent sentences, and in non-finite phrases 195
- Chapter 9. Information structure, null case particle and sentence final discourse particle 223
- Chapter 10. The discourse marker hani in Turkish 251
- Chapter 11. Modal particles in Basque 277
- Language index 301
- Subject Index 303
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. The contribution of information structural strategies to the rise of discourse particles
- Chapter 1. Discourse particle position and information structure 27
- Chapter 2. Information-structural properties of is that clauses 47
- Chapter 3. Kazakh particle ğoj as an existential operator 71
- Chapter 4. From focus marking to illocutionary modification 111
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Part II. Information structure as a factor in the interpretation of polysemic and polyfunctional particles
- Chapter 5. Final or medial 135
- Chapter 6. Types and functions of wa -marked DPs and their structural distribution in a Japanese sentence 161
- Chapter 7. Is the information-structural contribution of modal particles in the syntax, in discourse structure, or in both? 177
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Part III. The contribution of discourse particles to the information-structural characterization of illocutionary acts
- Chapter 8. Discourse particles in thetic judgments, in dependent sentences, and in non-finite phrases 195
- Chapter 9. Information structure, null case particle and sentence final discourse particle 223
- Chapter 10. The discourse marker hani in Turkish 251
- Chapter 11. Modal particles in Basque 277
- Language index 301
- Subject Index 303
