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Modal particle or emerging inflection?

Authors :
van der Wouden, Ton
Source :
Linguistics in the Netherlands. 2018, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p173-186. 14p. 1 Graph.
Publication Year :
2018

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