The imperative of say as a pragmatic marker in English and Dutch

This article examines the imperative of say as a pragmatic marker in English and Dutch. Present-day say and zeg ‘say’ are contrasted on the basis of comparable corpus data. This comparison, together with additional diachronic data, serves as input for a study of the typical developments of the imperative of say as a pragmatic marker. Furthermore, on the basis of a wider range of European and other languages, the article explores the possibility of the developments in English and Dutch being an areal phenomenon. ; http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JGL

Verfasser: Van Olmen, Daniël
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Verlag/Hrsg.: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14300