The expressive 'en maar'-construction

Hans Broekhuis; Norbert Corver

The expressive 'en maar'-construction

Hans Broekhuis, Norbert Corver

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This article discusses constructions of the type 'En maar zeuren!' (You keep on nagging), which express a negative attitude of the speaker towards the proposition expressed by the construction. We will argue that 'en' (and) should be seen as a regular conjunction conjoining a phonetically empty clause with an overt infinitival clause: [[Ø] en [maar zeuren]]. The proposition expressed by the empty clause is determined by the common ground and contrasts with the propositional content of the second clause. This contrast is essential for obtaining the expressive meaning, but is potentially problematic in light of the regular interpretation of 'en'. We solve this by claiming that the contrastive reading is expressed by the conjunction in tandem with the discourse particle maar, which can also be used as a contrastive/oppositional conjunction.

Originele taal-2	Engels
Titel	Crossroads semantics
Subtitel	Computation, experiment and grammar
Redacteuren	Hilke Reckmann, Lisa L.S. Cheng, Maarten Hijzelendoorn, Rint Sybesma
Uitgeverij	John Benjamins Publishing
Pagina's	305-325
Aantal pagina's	21
ISBN van elektronische versie	9789027265999
ISBN van geprinte versie	9789027212481
Status	Gepubliceerd - 2017

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