Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: I discuss three issues common to papers in the present issue of CatJL by Aijmer, Bazzanella et al., and Waltereit and Detges.One is modal uses of discourse markers and distinctions between discourse markers and modal particles.The second is evidence provided by the papers for diachronic changes that individual markers underwent; the distinction between grammaticalization and pragmaticalization is considered and challenged.Finally, I raise some issues regarding the methodology of data-selection in contrastive studies.
Source: Catalan Journal of Linguistics
Author: Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Institution: Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1529413059