Discourse Markers and Modal Particles

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Editors

Liesbeth Degand | Université catholique de Louvain

Bert Cornillie | University of Leuven

Paola Pietrandrea | Université de Tours & LLL CNRS

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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.

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 234] 2013. v, 239 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.234

Table of Contents

Modal particles and discourse markers: Two sides of the same coin? Introduction

Liesbeth Degand, Bert Cornillie and Paola Pietrandrea | pp. 1–18
“Same same but different” – Modal particles, discourse markers and the art (and purpose) of categorization

Gabriele Diewald | pp. 19–46
A radical construction grammar perspective on the modal particle-discourse particle distinction

Kerstin Fischer and Maria Alm | pp. 47–88
Analyzing modal adverbs as modal particles and discourse markers

Karin Aijmer | pp. 89–106
Modal particles, discourse markers,  and adverbs with lt-suffix in Estonian

Annika Valdmets | pp. 107–132
Modal particles: Problems in defining a category

Steven Schoonjans | pp. 133–162
From TAM to discourse: The role of information status  in North-Western Italian già ‘already’

Mario Squartini | pp. 163–190
The fuzzy boundaries between discourse marking and modal marking

Maria Josep Cuenca | pp. 191–216
From discourse markers to modal/final particles: What the position reveals about the continuum

Katsunobu Izutsu and Mitsuko Narita Izutsu | pp. 217–236
Index

“The book as a whole will certainly stimulate new and interesting discussions around the concept of modal particle and will no doubt lead to the discovery of many MPs in many different languages.”

Ulrich Detges, LMU Munich, in Functions of Language Vol. 22:1 (2015)

“This book gives a theoretically inspiring account of linguistic categorization, and it is also a useful reference book for researchers in the field of discourse studies, particularly for those who take a functional/pragmatic perspective.”

Zhongyi Xu, Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, P.R. China & Lancaster University, UK, in Discourse Studies 17(5), 2015

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Subjects

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Pragmatics

Syntax

Main BIC Subject

CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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