Counterexpectational Translations: The Dutch Markers Toch and Eigenlijk Contrasted with Their English Correspondents
Abstract The Dutch particle toch and modal adverb eigenlijk both belong to the broad domain of ‘contrast’: their prototypical functions have been described as ‘concession’ and ‘counterexpectation’, respectively, and both have been attributed emphatic discourse uses (e.g. toch as a common ground reminder and eigenlijk as a reinforcement marker). This study analyses the multifunctional scope of toch and eigenlijk in Dutch and maps their translation equivalents in English through an in-depth analysis of the Dutch-English component of the Europarl corpus. For eigenlijk the most common corresponden... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Contrastive Pragmatics ; volume 4, issue 2, page 178-212 ; ISSN 2666-0385 2666-0393 |
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Brill
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Schlagwörter: | Linguistics and Language / Language and Linguistics |
Sprache: | unknown |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26660393-bja10050 |