Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Exclamativity"”.
-
A generative account of English exclamatives
… when combined with factivity, ultimately yields exclamativity. The implications of this proposed analysis are investigated for both familiar and previously unexplored data. The modified analysis has several advantages over previous accounts: its central postulates are independently motivated, it …
-
From the Unexpected to the Unbelievable: Thetics, Miratives and Exclamatives in Conceptual Space
This study investigates the relationship between three linguistic functions: thetics, miratives and exclamatives. Thetics are an information structure configuration that conveys that the information is new to the addressee. The thetic subtypes selected for this study are the following: existentials …