Discourse Particles: Descriptive and Theoretical Investigations on the Logical, Syntactic, and Pragmatic Properties of Discourse Particles in German (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series)

'This book is about particles in the narrower sense of the word as opposed to the broader meaning covering all uninflected words of a language. In the narrower meaning of the linguistic term particles can be distinguished between logical, or scalar particles and modal, or pragmatic particles. The semantic, pragmatic and syntactic properties of modal particles differ vastly from those of the scalar particles, on the one hand, and their homonymic counterparts functioning in different syntactic categories, on the other hand. The contributions to this volume offer the latest research on the semantic, pragmatic and syntactic properties of particles in the English and German language.' This volume deals with the theoretical, contrastive and lexicographical aspects of discourse particles, predominantly in German and English. The collection of papers maybe of interest to theoretical and contrastive linguists, language teachers and lexicographers. Edited By Werner Abraham. Chiefly Papers Presented At A Workshop Held May 24-26, 1986, At The University Of Groningen. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.