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The Grammar of the Old High German Modal Particles Thoh, Ia, and Thanne

The Grammar of the Old High German Modal Particles Thoh, Ia, and Thanne

Rauch, Irmengard
Wauchope, Mary Michele

Hardcover

Series: Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics, Book 7

GermanYiddishGeneral Reference

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ISBN10: 0820414905
ISBN13: 9780820414904
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Jul 1 1991
Pages: 205
Language: English
This exhaustive study of a set of Old High German particles, thoh, ia, and thanne, focuses on the pragmatic functions of those particles. After categorizing modal particles - particles which indicate implicitly a speaker's relationship to or attitude toward his or her own discourse - as a subset of metacommunicative particles, the author argues convincingly that thoh, ia, and thanne exhibit modal particle functions in four Old High German texts: they point to a speaker's presuppositions and expectations, determine interlocutionary force, and convey connotations ranging from surprise to accusation.

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