This volume is the second in a two-part collection of research on
discourse particles focusing exclusively on the languages of Asia from
the perspective of formal as well as non-formal semantics and
pragmatics. Despite increasing interest in discourse particles, most
research in the area (particularly within formal semantics and
pragmatics) focuses on a restricted set of languages, and there has
been little consensus on the proper formal treatment of particles. The
term "discourse particles" has been used to cover a broad range of
phenomena, including such things as "sentence-final particles,"
"discourse adverbs," and other related phenomena. In recent years,
there has been extensive development of the formal approach to
discourse particles, which often treats these words as devices for
marking information updates. It is vital however, to extend this data
to non-Western languages, like Malay, Thai, or Vietnamese. These two
volumes are the first to give an exclusive focus on particles in
non-European languages (in this case, Asian languages), from the
perspective of formal and non-formal semantics and pragmatics. This
second volume includes chapters on Tagalog, Kimaragang Dusun
(Malaysia), Malay, Singlish (Colloquial Singapore English), Thai, and
Vietnamese. The chapters are informed by recent theoretical work in
formal and non-formal semantics and pragmatics relating to the meaning
of particles. The collection contributes to our theoretical
understanding of the meaning of discourse particles and to empirical
knowledge of discourse particles in the languages of Asia. It will be
of interest to postgraduate students and scholars of semantics and
pragmatics.
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Southeast Asia
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ISBN
9781351057738
Publisert
2023
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1. utgave
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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