Introduction special issue

Marking the truth: a cross-linguistic approach to verum

Bibliographic Data

ID19415508
AuthorsIzabela Jordanoska (Linguistik , Max Planck Institut for Psycholinguistics , Nijmegen , The Netherlands), Anna Kocher (0000-0002-7121-6007, Romanistik , Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , Eichstätt , Germany, corresponding author), Raúl Bendezú-Araujo (0000-0002-2929-4140, Linguistik , Universität Potsdam , Potsdam , Germany)
Year2023
Volume42
Issue3
Pages429-442
Publication date2023-12-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueZeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0721-9067 • E-ISSN: 1613-3706
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/zfs-2023-2012
OpenAlexW4391808826
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

This special issue focuses on the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of truth-marking. The names that have been used to refer to this phenomenon include, among others, counter-assertive focus , polar(ity) focus , verum focus , emphatic polarity or simply verum . This terminological variety is suggestive of the wide range of ideas and conceptions that characterizes this research field. This collection aims to get closer to the core of what truly constitutes verum. We want to expand the empirical base and determine the common and diverging properties of truth-marking in the languages of the world. The objective is to set a theoretical and empirical baseline for future research on verum and related phenomena

Empirical research · Epistemology · Linguistics · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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