Claimd71caa5376d9fd1f3d2be7add5917f59539f549f2b534bab1fed5e189833049d·Paper reconstruction — Maria Esipova (2025), In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force

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Dutch data distinguish two patterns: degree exclamations can have matrix-associated V2 or embedded-associated verb-final order, whereas “Who came!”-type exclamations can only be verb-final.

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In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations
exclamations like ‘ Who came! ’ can only be verbfi nal.
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p2
In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations
exclamations like ‘ Who came! ’ can only be verbfi nal.
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p2
In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations
exclamations like ‘ Who came! ’ can only be verbfi nal.
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p2

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