The grammar of not-at-issue meaning (3/4)

Lundi 24 Avril 2017, 11:00 to 13:00
Invité: 
Andreas Trotzke (Universität Konstanz, invité Labex)
Organisation: 
Barbara Hemforth (Labex EFL)
Lieu: 

ODG – Salle 357

Andreas Trotzke (Universität Konstanz, invité Labex)
The grammar of not-at-issue meaning (3/4)

This lecture discusses to what extent focus particles and discourse particles are closely related categories. I will present new evidence showing that not only discourse particles, but also focus particles can restrict the use of an utterance at the level of illocutionary force on the basis of their discourse-anaphoric semantics.