Swedish Question Particles #
Lexical entry for Swedish väl as a Particle value. väl is a
clause-medial modal particle that turns declaratives into questions:
it signals speaker uncertainty and invites addressee confirmation.
Functionally similar to German wohl, but unlike wohl it can occur in
rejecting questions (NRQs) when combined with fronted negation. Its bias
profile and the PDQ/NRQ analysis live in SeeligerRepp2018.
Crucially, väl is distinct from jo (in AnswerParticles.lean):
jo is a polarity-reversing answer particle; väl marks declarative
questions.
Other Swedish particles #
Swedish also has clause-initial visst and nog which can mark PRQs, but these are not formalized here. [SR18] note that visst and nog have no overlap in meaning with väl in clause-medial position, and their clause-initial uses require further investigation.
väl — question-inducing modal particle, clause-medial (after the
finite verb): declarative-syntax polar questions (recorded under
polarInterrogative following the source schema's question-function
reading), not plain assertions, not wh-questions. Epistemic-uncertainty
signal and evidential bias live in SeeligerRepp2018.
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