More than just a modal particle

IF 0.6 3区文学 N/A LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Functions of Language Pub Date : 2020-11-06 DOI:10.1075/fol.17011.for

Diana Forker

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Modal particles have been intensively studied in German and a few other European languages, but investigations of modal particles from little-known languages are rare. This paper examines in detail the morphosyntactic and the semantic properties of the Sanzhi Dargwa (Nakh-Daghestanian) modal particle =q’al. It is shown that the particle possesses the morphosyntactic properties that are commonly assumed for modal particles. The particle is then analyzed as presupposition trigger that interacts with focus and marks clauses as declarative sentences. It triggers two presuppositions, namely uncontroversiality and contrast/correction. Furthermore, it can express finiteness. The analysis suggests that accounting for modal particles as grammatical rather than lexical items with head status seems promising for further research.

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不仅仅是一个模态粒子

情态助词在德语和其他一些欧洲语言中得到了深入的研究，但对鲜为人知的语言的情态助词的研究却很少。本文详细分析了三支达格瓦语情态助词q 'al的形态句法和语义特征。结果表明，该粒子具有通常被认为是模态粒子的形态句法特性。然后将小品句分析为与焦点相互作用的预设触发器，并将子句标记为陈述句。它触发了两个前提，即无争议性和对比/纠正。此外，它还可以表示有限。分析表明，将情态助词作为语法项而不是词性项来考虑，似乎有进一步的研究前景。

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Functions of Language Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Functions of Language is an international journal of linguistics which explores the functionalist perspective on the organisation and use of natural language. It encourages the interplay of theory and description, and provides space for the detailed analysis, qualitative or quantitative, of linguistic data from a broad range of languages. Its scope is broad, covering such matters as prosodic phenomena in phonology, the clause in its communicative context, and regularities of pragmatics, conversation and discourse, as well as the interaction between the various levels of analysis. The overall purpose is to contribute to our understanding of how the use of languages in speech and writing has impacted, and continues to impact, upon the structure of those languages.

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