Meaning of Focus Particles

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additive
additive expressions
Additive Focus Particles
Additive Particles
adverbs
Adversative Conjunctions
Affirmative Contexts
Aspectual Operators
Auch Nur
Author_Ekkehard Konig
Category=CFG
Concessive Interpretation
condition
conjunctional
Conjunctional Adverb
Conventional Implicature
crosslinguistic focus particle analysis
emphatic
Emphatic Assertion
Emphatic Reflexive
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eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
exclusive
exclusive expressions
Exclusive Particles
Focus Expression
Focus Particles
General Pragmatic Principles
GREEN EYED MONSTER
historical linguistics
Imperfective Sentence
linguistic typology
modal
Modal Particles
Negative Polarity Contexts
Negative Polarity Item
Nicht Mehr
reflexives
restrictive
Restrictive Particles
Semantic Invariant
Semantic Primitives
semantics of particles
syntax semantics interface
truth
Von Stechow

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415060448
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Nov 1991
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Focus particles (words such as even, only, also) play an important role in English, in various syntactic and semantic domains, but their characteristics pose numerous problems for current syntactic frameworks and semantic theories.
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the syntax, meaning and use of focus particles and related function words in English and many other languages. It also provides a historical perspective on their development.

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