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Procatalepsis and the etymology of hedging and boosting particles (2009)
Book Chapter
Beeching, K. (2009). Procatalepsis and the etymology of hedging and boosting particles. In M. M. Hansen, & J. Visconti (Eds.), Current Trends in Diachronic Semantics and Pragmatics (81-106). Bingley: Emerald

This chapter breaks new ground by highlighting the role of concession in semantic change, drawing examples cross-linguistically from English, French and German. It contributes to theories of semantic change which support cognitive and social-interact... Read More about Procatalepsis and the etymology of hedging and boosting particles.

Sociolinguistic factors and the pragmaticalization of bon in contemporary spoken French (2009)
Book Chapter
Beeching, K. (2009). Sociolinguistic factors and the pragmaticalization of bon in contemporary spoken French. In K. Beeching, N. Armstrong, & F. Gadet (Eds.), Sociolinguistic Variation in Contemporary French (215-239). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins

The multifunctional nature of discourse-marking bon (well) is well-attested in the literature (Auchlin, 1981; Winther, 1985, Hansen, 1998a and b, Jayez, 2004). Its adverbial and interjective uses can, according to Hansen (1998a), be related to its ca... Read More about Sociolinguistic factors and the pragmaticalization of bon in contemporary spoken French.