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Alors/donc/then at the right periphery: Seeking confirmation of an inference (2016)
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Beeching, K. (2016). Alors/donc/then at the right periphery: Seeking confirmation of an inference. Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 17(2), 208-230. https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.17.2.03bee

This paper compares the functions and development of right peripheral (RP) alors, donc and then in French and English. These items developed historically from temporal expressions, they express consequence and can serve, intersubjectively, as an appe... Read More about Alors/donc/then at the right periphery: Seeking confirmation of an inference.