Claimf21e359002576e817991dc55307fdb6a10ff96ecba3ea789632fe37a9291064b·Paper reconstruction — Sebastian Bücking (2025), Empirical and theoretical arguments against equating exclamatives and emotive assertions

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For the verb-final examples, the unambiguous exclamative interpretation results from their independent root-clause use rather than their syntax.

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Empirical and theoretical arguments against equating exclamatives and emotive assertions — Internal form: verb position, complementizer choice, and discourse particles

The unambiguous exclamative reading follows from their use as independent root clauses, not from their syntactic make-up!

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2001#unit-4-p3

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