What a Change! A Diachronic Study of Exclamative What Constructions

IF 0.9 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of English Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-02-04 DOI:10.1177/0075424220986612

L. Ghesquière, F. Troughton

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Abstract

Exclamative constructions fronted by what are generally agreed to be one of the prototypical realizations of the English exclamative clause type. This paper argues that what acts as a degree modifier in these constructions and aims to investigate how what came to be an introductory degree marker of English exclamatives. It examines the diachronic relation between full exclamative what constructions (What a pity it is!) and verbless exclamative constructions (What a pity!), which are usually assumed to be the result of ellipsis. In addition, this paper comments on what’s role as a degree modifier and a marker of subjectivity and mirativity.

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好大的变化啊!感叹句What结构的历时性研究

通常被认为是英语感叹句类型典型实现之一的感叹句结构。本文认为什么在这些结构中起到了程度修饰的作用，并试图探讨什么是英语感叹词的引入性程度标记。它考察了全感叹what结构（真遗憾！）和无言感叹结构（真可惜！）之间的历时关系，这两种结构通常被认为是省略的结果。此外，本文还评论了什么是度的修饰语，是主观性和奇异性的标志。

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Journal of English Linguistics Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Journal of English Linguistics: The Editor invites submissions on the modern and historical periods of the English language. JEngL normally publishes synchronic and diachronic studies on subjects from Old and Middle English to modern English grammar, corpus linguistics, and dialectology. Other topics such as language contact, pidgins/creoles, or stylistics, are acceptable if the article focuses on the English language. Articless normally range from ten to twenty-five pages in typescript. JEngL reviews titles in general and historical linguistics, language variation, socio-linguistics, and dialectology for an international audience. Unsolicited reviews cannot be considered. Books for review and correspondence regarding reviews should be sent to the Editor.