The positionally sensitive workings of the Dutch particle nou

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. The family of NU and NÅ across the languages of Europe and beyond: Structure, function, and history 1
4. The discourse marker nu in Russian conversation 48
5. The Polish multifunctional particle no 81
6. The particle no in Polish talk-in-interaction 104
7. Functions of a particle in two European minority languages: Nu/no in Yiddish and Romani 132
8. Hebrew nu: Grammaticization of a borrowed particle from synchronic and diachronic perspectives 162
9. Estonian no(o)(h) in turns and sequences: Families of function 213
10. The Finnish particle no 243
11. The word ny(t) as an adverb and a particle in Finnish 281
12. Nu(n) in Standard German: Its functions as a temporal adverbial, as an adverbial structuring discourse, and as a modal particle and discourse marker 320
13. Nu(n) in the Upper Saxonian Vernacular of German 356
14. The positionally sensitive workings of the Dutch particle nou 377
15. Nú in Icelandic conversation 409
16. Nå in Swedish conversation 442
17. The Swedish nu: A historical perspective 465
18. Index 505