The imperative of say as a pragmatic marker in English and Dutch
Abstract
This article examines the imperative of say as a pragmatic marker in
English and Dutch. Present-day say and zeg ‘say’ are contrasted on the
basis of comparable corpus data. This comparison, together with
additional diachronic data, serves as input for a study of the typical
developments of the imperative of say as a pragmatic marker. Furthermore,
on the basis of a wider range of European and other languages,
the article explores the possibility of the developments in English and
Dutch being an areal phenomenon.
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