Publications
Publication details [#754]
Andersen, Torben. 1979. En semantisk beskrivelse af 'igen'. Nydanske Studier & Almen Kommunikationsteori 10-11 : 198–211.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
Danish
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
A. claims that the (Danish) adverb 'igen' (corresponding to English 'again') is a presupposition marker. According to stress pattern and word order, the proposition of its container sentence is supplied with some definite perspective (as to background normal state).