The Grammaticalization Path of WH-Expletive Negation Constructions: From a Question Construction to an Adverbial Discourse Marker – The Case of Hebrew

This paper focuses on wh-based exclamatives, both positive ones and negative ones, and claims that while the former evolve via the speaker's strong (usually negative) stance, the latter evolve via an argumentative stance implying exhaustivity, later turning into a discourse marking construction...

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Main Author: Bardenstein, Ruti (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 143-169
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