How adjectival can a participle be? Subsective gradience in English 2nd participles Most analyses of the English passive (formed with be + V‑ed) claim that there is a verbal passive and an adjectival passive. How can the same form express … Weiterlesen
Particles in German, English, and beyond Germanic languages have been recognized as having not only intensifying or focus particles, but also so-called modal particles. The relevant items are specialized discourse markers joined by characteristic syntactic properties. After an introductory overview … Weiterlesen
Superparticles: a microsemantic theory, typology, and history of logical atoms This book is all about the captivating ability that the human language has to express intricately logical (mathematical) meanings using tiny (microsemantic) morphemes as utilities. Languages mark meanings with identical … Weiterlesen
Pragmatic particles: findings from Asian languagesPragmatic Particles sheds new light on the linguistic theory and application of Asian languages with a particular focus on the role of particles and their socio-pragmatic nature. Drawing on a range of data that spans … Weiterlesen