Publications

Publication details [#2716]

Dirven, René. 1973. A performative approach to German 'sicher' and Dutch 'zeker'. In Cate, Abraham P. Ten and Peter Jordens, eds. Linguistische Perspektiven. Referate des VII. linguistischen Kolloquiums Nijmegen, 26.-30. September 1972. M. Niemeyer. pp. 220–229.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

performative hypothesis

Language as a subject

Dutch | English | German

Annotation

A distributional description of German 'sicher' and Dutch 'zeker', contrasted with their English equivalents, and an attempt to explain some of the observed facts in terms of the performative hypothesis.