@article{Yuan_Hara_2019, title={The semantics of Mandarin Assertion Modifiers ’Dique’ and ’Zhende’}, volume={17}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/364}, abstractNote={<p>This study provides an account of the behaviors of <em>dique</em> ‘indeed’ and <em>zhende</em> ‘really’ in assertions within the framework of dynamic semantics. We argue that <em>dique</em> and <em>zhende</em> are assertion modifiers, which modify the context change potential by adding presuppositions to the assertions. <em>Dique</em> adds to the assertion of <em>p</em> a presupposition that the proposition <em>p</em> has been suggested in the common ground. <em>Zhende</em> adds to the assertion of <em>p</em> another presupposition that at least one discourse participant remains uncommitted to the proposition <em>p</em> even after recognizing that <em>p</em> has been suggested in the common ground.</p>}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Yuan, Mengxi and Hara, Yurie}, year={2019}, month={May}, pages={617–634} }