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This ten-year study presents a comprehensive analysis of focus particles and related function words. The important role they play and their characteristic behaviour pose numerous problems for current syntactic frameworks and semantic theories which are examined here.

This book provides a unique survey of twelve Germanic languages from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish. Spoken by more than 450 million speakers worldwide, the Germanic languages have unrivalled cultural and social significance.