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Focus on Additivity: Adverbial modifiers in Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages
Edited by Anna-Maria De Cesare and Cecilia Andorno
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 278] 2017
► pp. 1–20

Introduction

On ‘additivity’ as a multidisciplinary research field

| Universität Basel
Article outline
  • 1.Focus on additivity
    • 1.1Defining the domain of ‘additivity’ and its expression through additive markers
    • 1.2 Additive focusing modifiers as a research object: Looking back and moving forward
  • 2. Perspectives on additive focusing modifiers: Outline of the volume and main research questions
  • 3.Main research results on the class of additive focusing modifiers included in this volume
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 24 August 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.278.00dec
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