Starting out from observations in English linguistics, the paper makes a case that final
though is an English particle. An experimental study is conducted indicating that though
is permissive outside of concessive contexts as well. The focus of this study is placed on corpus examples which have remained
unaccounted for in previous approaches. A descriptive generalization is proposed in terms of noteworthiness and an initial
modelling in terms of a split notion of Common Ground following Bar-Asher Siegal &
Boneh (2016) is pursued.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1Discourse particles in English
- 2.Final though
- 2.1Previous research on final though
- 2.2Unsolved questions
- 3.Concessive final though
- 3.1Experiment
- 3.1.1Methods
- 3.1.2Results
- 3.1.3Discussion
- 3.1.4Corpus findings
- 3.2Final though as projective content
- 3.3Final though as a trigger in corpus examples
- 4.Descriptive generalization of the uses of final though: Balancing noteworthiness
- 5.Common ground management (with side-effect mirativity)
- 6.Conclusion and outlook
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Notes
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References
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Appendix