Uses of also in oral semi-informal German

In recent grammars and dictionaries also (‘therefore, so, well’) continues to be preferably presented as an adverb with a conclusive-consecutive connective function that essentially corresponds to its use in formal written German. Its function as a modal particle is documented, however, since the be...

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Autor principal:	Marta Fernández-Villanueva
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Lenguaje:	CA EN
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2007
Materias:	discourse markers modal particles also oral German Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:87b771c5fea04fce975f53f9554723892021-11-27T10:47:45ZUses of also in oral semi-informal German10.5565/rev/catjl.1261695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/87b771c5fea04fce975f53f9554723892007-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/126https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719In recent grammars and dictionaries also (‘therefore, so, well’) continues to be preferably presented as an adverb with a conclusive-consecutive connective function that essentially corresponds to its use in formal written German. Its function as a modal particle is documented, however, since the beginnings of what is known as Partikelforschung, though not all its uses have been systematically investigated contrasting oral and written German, either in mode or concept. In this article we analyse the uses of also in semi-informal oral interactions on the basis of empirical data (from a subsample of the VARCOM corpus). Specifically, we will analyse the presence and frequency of also at the beginning of a sentence or sequence, the functions it serves as a logical-semantic connector or discourse and interaction marker and the interrelations between these functions, in order to contrast these results with the description of also provided by current reference works.Marta Fernández-VillanuevaUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlediscourse markersmodal particlesalsooral GermanPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2007)
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spellingShingle	discourse markers modal particles also oral German Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Marta Fernández-Villanueva Uses of also in oral semi-informal German
description	In recent grammars and dictionaries also (‘therefore, so, well’) continues to be preferably presented as an adverb with a conclusive-consecutive connective function that essentially corresponds to its use in formal written German. Its function as a modal particle is documented, however, since the beginnings of what is known as Partikelforschung, though not all its uses have been systematically investigated contrasting oral and written German, either in mode or concept. In this article we analyse the uses of also in semi-informal oral interactions on the basis of empirical data (from a subsample of the VARCOM corpus). Specifically, we will analyse the presence and frequency of also at the beginning of a sentence or sequence, the functions it serves as a logical-semantic connector or discourse and interaction marker and the interrelations between these functions, in order to contrast these results with the description of also provided by current reference works.
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title	Uses of also in oral semi-informal German
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Uses of also in oral semi-informal German

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