Within various frameworks interested in domain-specific language, like language for specific purposes (LSP) research and discourse linguistics, the insights provided by CxG-theory have led to the question of whether constructions can have domain-specific manifestations. Even though many… read more
This study concentrates on the use of modal particles (MPs) in non-standard questions (such as rhetorical questions or surprise-disapproval questions), both in German and in French. For French, the items considered here as MPs are bien, diable and donc. Their behavior in non-standard questions… read more
L’article porte sur l’item polyfonctionnel allemand denn, dans une perspective à la fois synchronique et diachronique. À l’origine, et encore en moyen-haut-allemand, denn est une variante régionale de dann (‘puis’, ‘après cela’). Le but ici est de proposer une description synchronique unifiée dans… read more