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Modal particle or emerging inflection?
- Source :
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Linguistics in the Netherlands . 2018, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p173-186. 14p. 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Dutch has a construction consisting of a verbal part and something else: ′wɛrksə 'enjoy your work' (< werk 'to work'), ′rujzə 'enjoy your rowing' (< roei 'to row'). According to accepted wisdom, this 'success imperative', as it is known in the literature, consists of an imperative and a pronoun ze 'them'. The paper challenges the standard analysis and investigates two alternatives: an imperative form plus a modal particle, and a verbal stem plus an inflectional ending. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09297332
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Linguistics in the Netherlands
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133478604
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.00012.wou