Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: The German particle "überhaupt" exhibits a variety of uses with seemingly unrelated meanings. Correspondingly, only partial and non-unified theoretical accounts have been proposed. I show how the various intuitions and ostensibly different meanings can be derived from a unified characterization of "überhaupt" as a move to a higher-level question under discussion. The account explains how "überhaupt" could correspond to a single word in German, and it provides additional support for questions under discussion as an important aspect of contexts. http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/sp.7.1 BibTeX info
Source: Semantics and Pragmatics
DOI: 10.3765/sp.7.1
Author: Tania Rojas-Esponda
Institution: Stanford University
Language: German
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2172220085