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Publication details [#56215]

Keevallik, Leelo. 2012. Compromising progressivity: 'No'-prefacing in Estonian. Pragmatics 22 (1) : 119–146.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

disagreeing | face-to-face interaction | function | negation | truth condition

Language as a subject

Estonian

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This study shows logic, truth-conditions and discourse functions define the meaning of the 'no'-prefacing negative Estonian ei-particle, which stops ongoing real-time action, often in order to attain intersubjective comprehension and epistemic prestige.