Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper deals with a less-researched modal particle of German, specifically etwa. Although the particle appears in different clause types, it will be shown to be generally more constrained from an illocutionary point of view. Drawing on observations in the literature that the presence of the particle consistently characterizes the propositional content of an utterance as unexpected or undesirable, it will be argued that assuming a FALSUM operator is necessary to account for the syntactic licensing of the modal particle.
Source: Linguistik Online
DOI: 10.13092/9f4s6h77
Authors: Federica Cognola, Marco Coniglio
Language: German
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7160979636
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