Samenvatting
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.
| Originele taal-2 | English |
|---|---|
| Pagina's (van-tot) | 2810-2825 |
| Aantal pagina's | 16 |
| Tijdschrift | Journal of Pragmatics |
| Volume | 43 |
| Nummer van het tijdschrift | 11 |
| DOI's | |
| Status | Published - sep.-2011 |