Inferential Processes in English and the Question whether English has Modal Particles
In this paper, we ask whether English pragmatic markers may evoke similar inferential processes in discourse as German modal particles, studying alright/all right, already and then in more detail. Moreover, we investigate whether specific formal features are associated with these uses and thus wheth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2018-0025 |