Publications

Publication details [#2938]

Eder, Alois. 1975. Eh-Pragmatik. Wiener Linguistische Gazette 9 : 39–57.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

German

Keywords

particle | sociolect | translating

Language as a subject

German, Austrian

Annotation

Austrian 'eh' is studied as a pragmatic operator with three different functions. The development of its meaning from the temporal 'ehe' to its present performative function shows the impact of pragmatics on grammar.