Sigi Vandewinkel
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sigi Vandewinkel plays a role.
Articles
2010 Strengthening uses of pure/puur in English and Dutch English Text Construction 3:1, pp. 44–73 | Article
In both English and Dutch, the adjective “pure/puur” has developed subjectified meanings, denoting speaker involvement rather than lexical unmixedness, as in the reinforcing “pure madness/pure waanzin”. “Pure/puur” can also express focusing discourse-structuring functions (“That’s pure luck/Da’s… read more
2008 The interlocking paths of development to emphasizer adjective pure Journal of Historical Pragmatics 9:2, pp. 255–287 | Article
This study deals with the emphasizing use of adjective pure, as in pure heaven, pure unbridled hell, which heightens the semantic specifications of the following nominal description. On the basis of close analysis of synchronic and diachronic data, it is argued that the peculiarities of Present-day… read more