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Östman, Jan-Ola. 1991. On the language-internal interaction of prosody and pragmatic particles. In Fortescue, Michael. Switch reference anomalies and `topic' in West Greenlandic: A case of pragmatics over syntax. In : 53–80. : 203–221.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English

Annotation

Ö. presents some preliminary results of an experiment on the interaction of prosody and pragmatic particles in Solf Swedish, showing how their tasks are differently distributed for pragmatic purposes. E.g. prosody plays a secondary role with respect to modality, but a primary role in transmitting involvement and attitudes, whereas both cooperate in providing cues regarding politeness.