Andreas Trotzke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 773581 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Andreas Trotzke |
| NOMBRES | Andreas |
| APELLIDO | Trotzke |
| FIRMA | TROTZKE A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Konstanz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3943-4282 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Modalpartikeln, Informationsstruktur und die expressive Dimension der Sprache
This paper discusses some parallels between information structural categories and modal particles and sketches the claim that both phenomena belong to the expressive dimension of human language. To substantiate this claim, the paper outlines a distinction between two types of expressivity: Expressivity – broad sense and Expressivity – narrow sense. Crucially, modal particles, according to this approach, are not located at the level of illocutiona…
The acquisition path of expressing social meaning in the morphosyntax of requests
In this article, we present a study comparing the production of German requesting forms in adults and in children from 4 to 11 years, depending on different social scenarios that varied in social distance of the addressee and in the urgency of the request. We explored the variation of the elicited utterances along the two different dimensions of sentence type (declarative, imperative, and interrogative) and whether participants used a modal verb.…
Linguistic reasoning for secondary school students
Presents an intervention study in German L1 grammar education. • Compares traditional teaching strategies to strategies involving linguistics. • Demonstrates that linguistic concepts can complement traditional concepts. • Provides empirical evidence for linguistic reasoning of secondary schoolers. The ability to identify syntactic functions is a core learning objective in L1 grammar education in the German school system. We present an interventio…
Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion
In this paper, we present a novel analysis of exclamations as assertions equivalent to particular uses of declarative sentences with emotive verbs. Focusing on wh -exclamatives and declarative exclamations, we offer a wide range of arguments for why they are both assertive. We further argue that like emotive verbs, exclamations convey a presupposition not of factivity but of subjective veridicality anchored to the speaker, and assert the emotion …
The landscape of exclamations
In this response, we clarify some of the main issues that kept surfacing in the seven commentaries. We acknowledge and highlight the significance of the diversity of linguistic means and syntactic configurations that can be used for what has been traditionally called exclamation, and we also address the issue of diverging judgments and introspective data. Finally, we look at the topic from a broader perspective, concluding our discussion with a n…
Recent advances in the syntax of speech acts
Towards a social syntax
Comprehending non-canonical and indirect speech acts in German
In this paper, we compare the comprehension of the speech act meaning of non-canonical speech acts (i.e., rhetorical questions and surprise-disapproval questions) with the comprehension of indirect speech acts (i.e., indirect requests). Both speech act types are ‘mixed’ in the sense that they involve secondary and primary illocutionary forces, but our hypothesis is that they differ in their degree of how salient their primary illocutionary force …
Pedagogical linguistics
This article reports on the beginning of a new pan-European enterprise called pedagogical linguistics, which can be distinguished from related approaches on several grounds. Crucially, pedagogical linguistics centers on teaching structural properties of 'language', not just properties of specific languages. Although this crosslinguistic perspective on language is already part of language practitioners' training, student teachers are often not abl…
The landscape of non-canonical ‘only’ in German
This paper is part of a series of experimental studies that try to empirically chart the landscape of non-canonical uses of the particle nur ‘only’ in German, aiming at a comprehensive picture of how those uses can affect the interpretation of utterances in different clausal environments. While previous studies have focused on modal particle uses of German ‘only’ in wh -questions and imperatives, the present paper focuses on a non-canonical use i…
Non-canonical questions from a comparative perspective
In this brief introduction, we provide an overview of this special collection on a variety of linguistic means to convey non-canonical interpretations of the speech act of questioning
The pragmatics of surprise-disapproval questions
In this paper, we investigate a type of non-canonical question that is not information-seeking, but rather expresses the speaker’s surprise and/or disapproval with respect to the event denoted by the propositional part of the question. Our work is empirically based on claims that have been put forward in the syntactic literature, and our study aims at empirically assessing those theoretical claims about the illocutionary status of surprise-disapp…
A Psycholinguistic Investigation into Diminutive Strategies in the East Franconian NP
Upper German dialects make heavy use of diminutive strategies, but little is known about the actual conceptual effects of those devices. This paper is the first to present two large-scale psycholinguistic experiments that investigate this issue in East Franconian, a dialect spoken in Bavaria. Franconian uses both the diminutive suffix -la and the quantifying construction a weng a lit. ‘a little bit a’ to modify noun phrases. Our first experiment …
Mira! The grammar-attention interface in the Spanish left periphery
In this paper, we focus on Spanish hearer-oriented particles like the highly frequent verb-based particle mira (lit. ‘look’). We provide a detailed syntactic account of these particles by demonstrating (i) that they must be distinguished from both vocative/appellative and expressive/exclamative particles, and (ii) that they feature illocutionary restrictions familiar from the class of discourse particles in languages other than Spanish. Since our…
Language unlimited
Reviewed by: Language unlimited: The science behind our most creative power by David Adger Andreas Trotzke Language unlimited: The science behind our most creative power. By David Adger. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. vii, 272. ISBN: 9780198828099. $25.95. David Adger is the author of one of the most influential linguistics textbooks ever written. His introduction to generative linguistics, Core syntax: A minimalist approach (Adger 20…
Catalan focus markers as discourse particles
In this paper, we investigate focus markers in Catalan that can take on discourse-particle readings. We focus on two Catalan elements that have not been studied from a formal linguistics perspective so far: the focus adverb precisament ‘precisely’ and the focus particle també ‘also’. We demonstrate that these elements feature interpretations that we identify as a type of meaning familiar from discourse particles in languages other than Catalan. A…
Semantic incorporation and discourse prominence
Non-temporal dan and the grammar of V2
This paper discusses a pattern in which a finite verb is preceded by a locative PP which combines with an initial or final occurrence of the adverb dan (‘then’) and which may look like a violation of the V2 constraint. The paper is relevant in the context of how to handle what look like exceptions to the V2 pattern, a point that is sometimes neglected in the formal literature, though Zwart (2008a) draws attention to the importance of also capturi…
Exclamatives as responses at the syntax-pragmatics interface
Long-standing issues in adjective order and corpus evidence for a multifactorial approach
In this paper, we introduce the issue of adjective order and show that different approaches vary in their answers to the question of how fine-grained the semantic categories determining adjective order are. We report on a corpus study that we conducted and that illustrates that a clear answer to the question of what general factors exactly determine adjective order is elusive, given the multifactorial nature of the problem. We then present the in…
Basque question particles
In this paper, we focus on the syntax of question particles in Basque and provide an account that draws new parallels between the syntactic behavior of discourse particles in Basque and some recent findings that have been reported for the German language, perhaps the most studied language of all when it comes to discourse particles. In particular, after having argued for a syntactic perspective on discourse particles for German, we deal with Basq…
Conveying emphasis for intensity
Emphasis is a widely investigated notion in linguistics. In this article, we focus on emphasis for intensity, a general linguistic strategy whereby linguistic objects are given prominence by virtue of being selected from the upper range of a scale. We consider two linguistic domains where emphasis for intensity can be observed: the lexical domain, where it is conveyed via a variety of intensifiers, and the domain of syntax, where it can be convey…
Definitely, maybe
A note on pragmatic constraints on syntax
This note comments on Szendrői’s (2017) claim that some of the pragmatic constraints on syntactic operations proposed in Trotzke (2015a) are not supported by convincing empirical evidence. Szendrői objects to two empirical points made by Trotzke. I will deal with these points in turn: Section 1 focuses on the syntactic flexibility of idioms discussed by Szendrői, and Section 2 replies to her comments in the domain of island effects
Expressive particle verbs and conditions on particle fronting
In this paper, we propose a new distinction between expressive and non-expressive particle verbs in German. The basic observation for our proposal is that these two classes behave differently in the domain of particle fronting. In order to explain this difference, we will show that certain particle verbs are extreme degree expressions and that, therefore, a possible contrast across degrees makes fronting acceptable, even when the particle in isol…
Definitely, maybe
The grammatical reflexes of emphasis
Basque question particles
In this paper, we focus on the syntax of question particles in Basque and provide an account that draws new parallels between the syntactic behavior of discourse particles in Basque and some recent findings that have been reported for the German language, perhaps the most studied language of all when it comes to discourse particles. In particular, after having argued for a syntactic perspective on discourse particles for German, we deal with Basq…
Towards a social syntax
Semantic incorporation and discourse prominence
Exclamatives as responses at the syntax-pragmatics interface
Conveying emphasis for intensity
Emphasis is a widely investigated notion in linguistics. In this article, we focus on emphasis for intensity, a general linguistic strategy whereby linguistic objects are given prominence by virtue of being selected from the upper range of a scale. We consider two linguistic domains where emphasis for intensity can be observed: the lexical domain, where it is conveyed via a variety of intensifiers, and the domain of syntax, where it can be convey…
Expressive particle verbs and conditions on particle fronting
In this paper, we propose a new distinction between expressive and non-expressive particle verbs in German. The basic observation for our proposal is that these two classes behave differently in the domain of particle fronting. In order to explain this difference, we will show that certain particle verbs are extreme degree expressions and that, therefore, a possible contrast across degrees makes fronting acceptable, even when the particle in isol…
The grammatical reflexes of emphasis
Expressive particle verbs and conditions on particle fronting
In this paper, we propose a new distinction between expressive and non-expressive particle verbs in German. The basic observation for our proposal is that these two classes behave differently in the domain of particle fronting. In order to explain this difference, we will show that certain particle verbs are extreme degree expressions and that, therefore, a possible contrast across degrees makes fronting acceptable, even when the particle in isol…
A note on pragmatic constraints on syntax
This note comments on Szendrői’s (2017) claim that some of the pragmatic constraints on syntactic operations proposed in Trotzke (2015a) are not supported by convincing empirical evidence. Szendrői objects to two empirical points made by Trotzke. I will deal with these points in turn: Section 1 focuses on the syntactic flexibility of idioms discussed by Szendrői, and Section 2 replies to her comments in the domain of island effects
Long-standing issues in adjective order and corpus evidence for a multifactorial approach
In this paper, we introduce the issue of adjective order and show that different approaches vary in their answers to the question of how fine-grained the semantic categories determining adjective order are. We report on a corpus study that we conducted and that illustrates that a clear answer to the question of what general factors exactly determine adjective order is elusive, given the multifactorial nature of the problem. We then present the in…
Basque question particles
In this paper, we focus on the syntax of question particles in Basque and provide an account that draws new parallels between the syntactic behavior of discourse particles in Basque and some recent findings that have been reported for the German language, perhaps the most studied language of all when it comes to discourse particles. In particular, after having argued for a syntactic perspective on discourse particles for German, we deal with Basq…
Conveying emphasis for intensity
Emphasis is a widely investigated notion in linguistics. In this article, we focus on emphasis for intensity, a general linguistic strategy whereby linguistic objects are given prominence by virtue of being selected from the upper range of a scale. We consider two linguistic domains where emphasis for intensity can be observed: the lexical domain, where it is conveyed via a variety of intensifiers, and the domain of syntax, where it can be convey…
Definitely, maybe
Non-temporal dan and the grammar of V2
This paper discusses a pattern in which a finite verb is preceded by a locative PP which combines with an initial or final occurrence of the adverb dan (‘then’) and which may look like a violation of the V2 constraint. The paper is relevant in the context of how to handle what look like exceptions to the V2 pattern, a point that is sometimes neglected in the formal literature, though Zwart (2008a) draws attention to the importance of also capturi…
Exclamatives as responses at the syntax-pragmatics interface
A Psycholinguistic Investigation into Diminutive Strategies in the East Franconian NP
Upper German dialects make heavy use of diminutive strategies, but little is known about the actual conceptual effects of those devices. This paper is the first to present two large-scale psycholinguistic experiments that investigate this issue in East Franconian, a dialect spoken in Bavaria. Franconian uses both the diminutive suffix -la and the quantifying construction a weng a lit. ‘a little bit a’ to modify noun phrases. Our first experiment …
Mira! The grammar-attention interface in the Spanish left periphery
In this paper, we focus on Spanish hearer-oriented particles like the highly frequent verb-based particle mira (lit. ‘look’). We provide a detailed syntactic account of these particles by demonstrating (i) that they must be distinguished from both vocative/appellative and expressive/exclamative particles, and (ii) that they feature illocutionary restrictions familiar from the class of discourse particles in languages other than Spanish. Since our…
Language unlimited
Reviewed by: Language unlimited: The science behind our most creative power by David Adger Andreas Trotzke Language unlimited: The science behind our most creative power. By David Adger. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. vii, 272. ISBN: 9780198828099. $25.95. David Adger is the author of one of the most influential linguistics textbooks ever written. His introduction to generative linguistics, Core syntax: A minimalist approach (Adger 20…
Catalan focus markers as discourse particles
In this paper, we investigate focus markers in Catalan that can take on discourse-particle readings. We focus on two Catalan elements that have not been studied from a formal linguistics perspective so far: the focus adverb precisament ‘precisely’ and the focus particle també ‘also’. We demonstrate that these elements feature interpretations that we identify as a type of meaning familiar from discourse particles in languages other than Catalan. A…
Semantic incorporation and discourse prominence
The landscape of non-canonical ‘only’ in German
This paper is part of a series of experimental studies that try to empirically chart the landscape of non-canonical uses of the particle nur ‘only’ in German, aiming at a comprehensive picture of how those uses can affect the interpretation of utterances in different clausal environments. While previous studies have focused on modal particle uses of German ‘only’ in wh -questions and imperatives, the present paper focuses on a non-canonical use i…
Non-canonical questions from a comparative perspective
In this brief introduction, we provide an overview of this special collection on a variety of linguistic means to convey non-canonical interpretations of the speech act of questioning
The pragmatics of surprise-disapproval questions
In this paper, we investigate a type of non-canonical question that is not information-seeking, but rather expresses the speaker’s surprise and/or disapproval with respect to the event denoted by the propositional part of the question. Our work is empirically based on claims that have been put forward in the syntactic literature, and our study aims at empirically assessing those theoretical claims about the illocutionary status of surprise-disapp…
Comprehending non-canonical and indirect speech acts in German
In this paper, we compare the comprehension of the speech act meaning of non-canonical speech acts (i.e., rhetorical questions and surprise-disapproval questions) with the comprehension of indirect speech acts (i.e., indirect requests). Both speech act types are ‘mixed’ in the sense that they involve secondary and primary illocutionary forces, but our hypothesis is that they differ in their degree of how salient their primary illocutionary force …
Pedagogical linguistics
This article reports on the beginning of a new pan-European enterprise called pedagogical linguistics, which can be distinguished from related approaches on several grounds. Crucially, pedagogical linguistics centers on teaching structural properties of 'language', not just properties of specific languages. Although this crosslinguistic perspective on language is already part of language practitioners' training, student teachers are often not abl…
Recent advances in the syntax of speech acts
Towards a social syntax
Linguistic reasoning for secondary school students
Presents an intervention study in German L1 grammar education. • Compares traditional teaching strategies to strategies involving linguistics. • Demonstrates that linguistic concepts can complement traditional concepts. • Provides empirical evidence for linguistic reasoning of secondary schoolers. The ability to identify syntactic functions is a core learning objective in L1 grammar education in the German school system. We present an interventio…
Exclamation, intensity, and emotive assertion
In this paper, we present a novel analysis of exclamations as assertions equivalent to particular uses of declarative sentences with emotive verbs. Focusing on wh -exclamatives and declarative exclamations, we offer a wide range of arguments for why they are both assertive. We further argue that like emotive verbs, exclamations convey a presupposition not of factivity but of subjective veridicality anchored to the speaker, and assert the emotion …
The landscape of exclamations
In this response, we clarify some of the main issues that kept surfacing in the seven commentaries. We acknowledge and highlight the significance of the diversity of linguistic means and syntactic configurations that can be used for what has been traditionally called exclamation, and we also address the issue of diverging judgments and introspective data. Finally, we look at the topic from a broader perspective, concluding our discussion with a n…
Modalpartikeln, Informationsstruktur und die expressive Dimension der Sprache
This paper discusses some parallels between information structural categories and modal particles and sketches the claim that both phenomena belong to the expressive dimension of human language. To substantiate this claim, the paper outlines a distinction between two types of expressivity: Expressivity – broad sense and Expressivity – narrow sense. Crucially, modal particles, according to this approach, are not located at the level of illocutiona…
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