| The Grammar of the Old High German Modal Particles Thoh, Ia, and Thanne Contributor(s): Rauch, Irmengard (Editor), Wauchope, Mary Michele (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820414905 ISBN-13: 9780820414904 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Yiddish - Foreign Language Study | German - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 437.01 |
| LCCN: 90-25292 |
| Series: Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics |
| Physical Information: 205 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This exhaustive study of a set of Old High German particles, "thoh, ia, " and "thanne, " focuses on the pragmatic functions of those particles. After categorizing modal particles - particles which indicate implicitly a speaker's relationship to or attitude toward his or her own discourse - as a subset of metacommunicative particles, the author argues convincingly that "thoh, ia, " and "thanne" exhibit modal particle functions in four Old High German texts: they point to a speaker's presuppositions and expectations, determine interlocutionary force, and convey connotations ranging from surprise to accusation. |