Dutch polarity particles

Dutch marks a switch from negative to positive polarity with the sentence-internal affirmative particle wel, accented in that use, the counterpart of the negation niet, [Sud12a], [Hog09]. In the production study of [TBD14] it is the dominant strategy in polarity contrast and in polarity correction, where German uses Verum focus.

References

• G. Turco, B. Braun and C. Dimroth, When Contrasting Polarity, the Dutch Use Particles, Germans Intonation (2014)
• S. Sudhoff, Negation der Negation. Verum-Fokus und die niederländische Partikel wel (2012)
• L. Hogeweg, The Meaning and Interpretation of the Dutch Particle wel (2009)

def Dutch.Particles.wel : Particle

wel, the affirmative polarity particle, in the middle field where the negation niet stands.

Equations

• Dutch.Particles.wel = { form := "wel", position := some Particle.Position.clauseMedial }