Discourse scalarity: The case of Dutch helemaal

J. Hoeksema

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2011.04.006

Discourse scalarity: The case of Dutch helemaal

J. Hoeksema

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This paper discusses a special use of the Dutch adverb helemaal 'wholly, entirely as a discourse-sensitive scalar adverb with a meaning resembling English especially, against the background of a more general discussion of scalarity and various types of scale-sensitive expressions in natural language. The discourse-sensitive use of helemaal is compared and contrasted with more common uses of helemaal as a mereological quantifier and as an adverb of degree. It is speculated that the discourse-sensitive use of helemaal first originated in negative sentences. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2810-2825
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Pragmatics
Volume	43
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2011.04.006
Publication status	Published - Sept-2011

Keywords

Scalarity
Adverbs of degree
Mereological quantification
Comparison set
Accent
Partial order
SEMANTICS
EVEN

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