Approximators and hedges in Ancient Greek: the particle που
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.2019.03.1806Keywords:
Indefinite local adverbs, Modal Particles, Sentence adverbs, Approximators, Hedges, (Inter)subjectificationAbstract
This paper offers an alternative explanation for the traditional modal uses of the Greek particle που. According to our analysis, που is never employed as a modal particle but as an approximator and as a hedge. This explanation is more consistent with other uses and enables a better understanding of the so-called modal ones.
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