In Fact and Actually – A Class of Adversative Pragmatic Markers

In fact and actually are closely related. There are many similarities between them. They have the same etymological meaning and they share many functions. They have mainly been discussed diachronically. Traugott and Dasher (2002) traced the development of actually, in fact (and indeed) from VP adver...

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Published inUnderstanding Pragmatic Markers p. 74
Main Author Aijmer, Karin
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Edinburgh University Press 22.04.2013
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Language: reference & general
Semantics & pragmatics
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Summary:In fact and actually are closely related. There are many similarities between them. They have the same etymological meaning and they share many functions. They have mainly been discussed diachronically. Traugott and Dasher (2002) traced the development of actually, in fact (and indeed) from VP adverbials to sentential adverbials and further to pragmatic markers both in a macro-perspective and on the micro-level and found subtle differences in their history which show up as synchronic differences (cf. also Powell 1992). The present study is synchronic only and focuses on the variability and flexibility of in fact (and actually) in different text
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