In this paper, I look at how context-dependent inferences can enrich the meaning of non-factual before (‘avant que’) clauses in French. My proposal is that, a sentence like ‘before p, q’, connective may receive two pragmatically enriched readings: (i) an apprehensive reading, when agent responsible for q has goal avoiding p (after Anderbois & Dabkowski (2020)); (ii) frustrative it contrary ...

This paper focuses on the interpretation of what has been considered an expletive marker in grammar Greek nominal domain: plural number mass nouns. We present results experimental investigation nouns by native speakers this language, and we propose a speech act analysis according to which at time producing utterances that contain speaker performs two acts: assertion expressive (s)he publicly co...

This paper investigates swearing words in Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck as translated into “Sebuah Seni Untuk Bersikap Bodo Amat” by F. Wicaksono. aims to identify the translation strategies and subsequently classify them understandable patterns. Using qualitative approach, this study finds five used translating words: paraphrasing, general words, omission, cultural substitu...

This article aims at investigating some diachronic aspects of the Italian negative system, considering a time span ranging from Old Latin to Modern Italian. Most polarity phenomena populating system are consequences crucial change that occurred in Latin: The morpheme nōn (“not”), which initially displayed maximal projection status, and became syntactic (negative) head. caused shift double negat...

Most Romance negative concord (NC) languages in particular configurations give rise to double negation (DN) readings. In this article, I discuss an intricate DN pattern French. After discussing some previous accounts, provide analysis of French pas (and its slipstream also the expletive element ne) that takes be a purely semantically but not formally (i.e., syntactically) element. then argue re...

This paper focuses on so-called specCP-expletives in Belgian Dutch dialects, a type of expletive that only occurs clause-initial position. The traditional account these expletives is they are phrases merged specCP. argues against this analysis, and proposes instead the overt realizations C-head, i.e. main clause complementizers. second(ary) theme microvariation within dialects with respect to p...

Within the debate about heterogeneity of unaccusative structures, aim this paper is to distinguish two types Spanish marked anticausative inherent reciprocals (AIRs) from other syntactic (SRs) with se. Several diagnostics show that AIRs such as mezclarse ‘get mixed’ are symmetric, unaccusative, telic, and causative alternations, while SRs transitive vary in their aspectual properties do not alt...

This paper approaches young women’s speaking style by analysing the ways in which interjection joder is employed interactions Spanish and Galician among females. The analysis identifies several uses of this form at interactional discursive level: reinforcement speech acts, marker disagreement, complaints, expression minimal emotional assessments, correcting stalling. It concluded that has devel...