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14 Discourse particle description

Basic principles for analysis of discourse particles:

By no means ``noise'': systematic semantics and pragmatics

Specific phonological properties

No exceptions - extraordinarily frequent

Therefore: throw away your `garbage models'

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Lexicographic database entry for a discourse particle:

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Dafydd Gibbon
Wed May 22 10:39:25 MET DST 1996