nam a22 c 4500 pbns.234/325011305 nljbp 250625071208.4 cr ||||||||||| 131216s2013 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2013028947 9789027271228 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp P302.35 401/.41 23 CFG bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Discourse Markers and Modal Particles Categorization and description Edited by Liesbeth Degand, Bert Cornillie and Paola Pietrandrea Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 ©2013 1 online resource (v, 239 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 0922-842X 234 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- "Same same but different" – Modal particles, discourse markers and the art (and purpose) of categorization / Gabriele Diewald -- A radical construction grammar perspective on the modal particle-discourse particle distinction / Kerstin Fischer and Maria Alm -- Analyzing modal adverbs as modal particles and discourse markers / Karin Aijmer -- Modal particles, discourse markers, and adverbs with lt-suffix in Estonian / Annika Valdmets -- Modal particles: Problems in defining a category / Steven Schoonjans -- From TAM to discourse: The role of information status in North-Western Italian gia 'already' / Mario Squartini -- The fuzzy boundaries between discourse marking and modal marking / Maria Josep Cuenca -- From discourse markers to modal/final particles: What the position reveals about the continuum / Katsunobu Izutsu and Mitsuko Narita Izutsu Discourse markers and modal particles are fuzzy linguistic categories that are difficult to describe. The contributions in this volume go beyond this statement. They discuss the intersection between modal particles and discourse markers and examine whether or not it is possible to draw a line between these two types of linguistic expressions. On the basis of new synchronic and diachronic data, from speech and writing, from European and Asian languages or cross-linguistically, the authors answer the question whether discourse markers and modal particles are distinct categories, whether they form a cline, or whether modal particles are a subcategory of discourse markers. This common question shows up throughout all chapters, which makes the book to a coherent whole. By disentangling the complexity of categorizing multifunctional expressions, this book also sheds new light on the processes of meaning extension. The traditional discourse and modal functions are complemented by interactional and textual ones. A must read for functional linguists. Provided by publisher. Discourse studies Pragmatics Syntax Degand, Liesbeth editor Cornillie, Bert editor Pietrandrea, Paola editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 9789027256393 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.234 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027271228