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Volume 39, Issue 1
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Abstract

Abstract

In this article we conduct a pragmatic analysis of the Dutch utterance-final particle (lit. ‘hear’). Apparently, has contradictory uses. It ex-presses politeness (involvement, togetherness), but it can also contribute to the face-threatening force of an utterance. We argue that there is a core meaning that all uses share, which is that by adding , speakers claim a proposition at issue to be part of the common ground. This core meaning will be shown to account for ’s key characteristics. expresses involvement and is often attached to speech acts that are intrinsically polite, such as apologizing and giving compliments. Also, while never occurs in interrogative sentences, it can be used with a certain type of directive speech acts, namely those that are in the interest of the hearer or are presented as having shared interests.

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