Publications

Publication details [#43319]

Beeching, Kate. 2005. Politeness-induced semantic change: The case of quand même. Language Variation and Change 17 (2) : 155–180.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

grammaticalization | politeness | pragmatics

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper uses politeness theory and variationist perspectives to test the hypothesis of Politeness-Induced Semantic Change (PISC). Historical data on "quand même" seem to support this model.