TY - JOUR AU - Yuan, Mengxi AU - Hara, Yurie PY - 2019/05/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The semantics of Mandarin Assertion Modifiers 'Dique' and 'Zhende' JF - Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung JA - SuB VL - 17 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/364 SP - 617-634 AB - <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> ER -