‘E sí la hoïren tots’: sí and emphatic positive polarity in Old Catalan
This paper explores the semantic value and syntactic distribution of the lexical item sí in Old Catalan. After examining data extracted from El Llibre dels Fets, a 13th century chronicle, it is concluded that sí was an Emphatic Positive Polarity Particle (EPPA) whose appearance was restricted to non...
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2020
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