‘Quite’ in Acadian French: A variety of Scalar Focus

This paper discusses the properties of the ‘quite de’ construction in the Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia variety of Acadian French in examples such as le/un quite de souper ‘quite the/a supper’ which have a hyperbolic connotation. Unlike epithet nouns and other binominals of French (and Romance mor...

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Autores principales: Gabriela Alboiu, Ruth King
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Publicado: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2016
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