Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic

I discuss three issues common to papers in the present issue of CatJL by Aijmer, Bazzanella et al., and Waltereit and Detges. One is modal uses of discourse markers and distinctions between dis- course markers and modal particles. The second is evidence provided by the papers for diachron- ic change...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3935a4d1499548dd803345438b1a052e2021-11-27T10:47:44ZDiscussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic10.5565/rev/catjl.1281695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/3935a4d1499548dd803345438b1a052e2007-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/128https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719I discuss three issues common to papers in the present issue of CatJL by Aijmer, Bazzanella et al., and Waltereit and Detges. One is modal uses of discourse markers and distinctions between dis- course markers and modal particles. The second is evidence provided by the papers for diachron- ic changes that individual markers underwent; the distinction between grammaticalization and pragmaticalization is considered and challenged. Finally, I raise some issues regarding the method- ology of data-selection in contrastive studies.Elizabeth Closs TraugottUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlemodalitygrammaticalizationpragmaticalizationsubjectificationzero-correspon- dence in translationwritingPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2007)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language CA
EN
topic modality
grammaticalization
pragmaticalization
subjectification
zero-correspon- dence in translation
writing
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle modality
grammaticalization
pragmaticalization
subjectification
zero-correspon- dence in translation
writing
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
description I discuss three issues common to papers in the present issue of CatJL by Aijmer, Bazzanella et al., and Waltereit and Detges. One is modal uses of discourse markers and distinctions between dis- course markers and modal particles. The second is evidence provided by the papers for diachron- ic changes that individual markers underwent; the distinction between grammaticalization and pragmaticalization is considered and challenged. Finally, I raise some issues regarding the method- ology of data-selection in contrastive studies.
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title Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
title_short Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
title_full Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
title_fullStr Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
title_full_unstemmed Discussion article: Discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
title_sort discussion article: discourse markers, modal particles, and contrastive analysis, synchronic and diachronic
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