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Linguistics in the Netherlands 2020
Edited by Elena Tribushinina and Mark Dingemanse
[Linguistics in the Netherlands 37] 2020
► pp. 135–148

All good and well

Introducing an objection in Dutch

| Meertens Instituut

The Dutch expression goed en wel ‘good and well’ is polysemous. In one of its uses, goed en wel combines with a universal quantifier alles or allemaal ‘all’ and the conjunction maar ‘but’. The resulting construction is typically used to introduce a contrary reaction to an earlier utterance or suggestion. The combination is shown to fit into a larger class of pragmatic operators, which are argued to be instances of lexicalized pragmatics.

Keywords: pragmatics, construction, objection
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2. On the history of alles/allemaal goed en wel
  • 3. On the function of alles/allemaal goed en wel
  • 4.The elements of the construction
    • 4.1The universal quantifier
    • 4.2The synonymous adverbs
    • 4.3The conjunction
    • 4.4The sentence containing the contrary reaction
  • 5.The broader picture
  • 6.Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 27 October 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.00042.wou
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