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Quidem as a marker of emphatic polarity

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The present paper deals with the (morpho)syntax and the interpretation of the Latin particle quidem. At the morphosyntactic level, it will be argued that quidem can be characterized as a weak adverb (in the sense of Cardinaletti & Starke 1999), and that it is the middle member of a tripartite paradigm with strong equidem and clitic -quidem as the two other members. As to the syntax of quidem, it is contended that the particle always takes scope over an entire proposition, and that it never induces constituent focus. It will be shown that the element to the left of quidem can be a focus, a topic or a discourse neutral constituent, and that the pragmatic status of this element is never affected by the presence of quidem. Finally, two claims are made about the interpretation of quidem. First, it is proposed that quidem is a marker of affirmative polarity, rather than a modal adverb. Second, in accordance with many previous accounts that consider quidem to be a focus particle, quidem will be characterized as a marker of emphatic affirmative polarity, which emphasizes that the state affairs expressed by a given proposition does indeed hold. Under this view, quidem can be considered a marker of VERUM focus (in the sense of Höhle 1992).
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SYNTAX, PARTICLES, FOCUS

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Danckaert, Lieven. “Quidem as a Marker of Emphatic Polarity.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY, vol. 112, no. 1, 2014, pp. 97–138, doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12009.
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Danckaert, L. (2014). Quidem as a marker of emphatic polarity. TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 112(1), 97–138. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12009
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Danckaert, Lieven. 2014. “Quidem as a Marker of Emphatic Polarity.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY 112 (1): 97–138. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12009.
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Danckaert, Lieven. 2014. “Quidem as a Marker of Emphatic Polarity.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY 112 (1): 97–138. doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12009.
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Danckaert L. Quidem as a marker of emphatic polarity. TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 2014;112(1):97–138.
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L. Danckaert, “Quidem as a marker of emphatic polarity,” TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY, vol. 112, no. 1, pp. 97–138, 2014.
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  author       = {{Danckaert, Lieven}},
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  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.12009}},
  volume       = {{112}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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