So as a focus marker in German
- This paper discusses a hitherto undescribed usage of the particle so as a dedicated focus marker in contemporary German. I discuss grammatical and pragmatic characteristics of this focus marker, supporting my account with natural linguistic data and with controlled experimental evidence showing that so has a significant influence on speakers’ understanding of what the focus expression in a sentence is. Against this background, I sketch a possible pragmaticalization path from referential usages of so via hedging to a semantically bleached focus marker, which, unlike particles such as auch ‘also’/‘too’ or nur ‘only’, does not contribute any additional meaning.
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| Author details: | Heike WieseGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-93592 |
| ISSN: | 1866-8380 |
| Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe (102) |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2016/08/02 |
| Publication year: | 2011 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2016/08/02 |
| Issue: | 102 |
| Number of pages: | 49 |
| Source: | Linguistics 49 (2011) 5, pp. 991–1039 DOI 10.1515/LING.2011.028 |
| Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Germanistik |
| DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
| External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |
