Chapter published in:
Information-Structural Perspectives on Discourse Particles
Edited by Pierre-Yves Modicom and Olivier Duplâtre
[Studies in Language Companion Series 213] 2020
► pp. 1–24

Introduction

What can information-structural categories tell us about discourse particles?

| University of Bordeaux Montaigne
| Sorbonne University
Article outline
  • 1.Discourse particles and information structure: Preliminary definitions
  • 2.Information-structural aspects of the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of discourse particles
    • 2.1Givenness and newness in the syntax and semantics of German discourse particles
    • 2.2Common Ground Management and speech act specification as loci for information-structural strategies
    • 2.3A cross-linguistic view: Equivalence and interactions between particles and information-structural strategies
    • 2.4Particle placement, polyfunctionality and the role of information structure in the emergence and specialization of discourse particles
  • 3.“Epistemic authority”, “engagement” and “enimitives”: Information-structural approaches in the face of the newest typological research on particle semantics
    • 3.1Engagement, epistemic authority, egophoricity
    • 3.2“Enimitives”
  • 4.The contributions in this volume
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 04 March 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.213.int
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