TY - JOUR AU - Gajič, Jovana PY - 2019/05/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Coordination and focus particles (re?)united JF - Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung JA - SuB VL - 21 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.18148/sub/2018.v21i1.147 UR - https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/147 SP - 427-444 AB - <p>The aim of this paper is to sketch a unified semantics for coordination markers and focus particles. The main empirical motivation is found in the existence of some ‘multipractic’ particles in Serbian, <em>ni</em> and <em>i</em>, which serve as coordination markers, additive focus particles and scalar focus particles. A disjunction-based analysis can capture the polarity-sensitive behavior of <em>ni</em>, whereas <em>i</em> relies on a conjunction semantics. An approach that involves the exhaustification of alternatives is a crucial ingredient. Nonetheless, two types of exhaustification should be allowed—one corresponding to ‘only’ and the other one to ‘even’.</p> ER -