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In this paper I would like to report on some aspects of comparative work on certain particles in German and related elements in English. The particles belong to the class of so-called ‘degree particles’ (Gradpartikel 1) and include a large number of elements in German, viz. auch, ausgerechnet, erst, gleich, gerade, jedenfalls, noch, nur, schon, sogar, zumindest etc. In English the corresponding class is very small and comprises also/too/ . . . either, even, only and perhaps one or two further elements. English counterparts of the German particles listed above also include the comparative construction as Ad as MP (=measure phrase) (e.g. as early as ten, as many as five, etc.) and a few other constructions.2
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König, E. (1979). A Semantic Analysis of German ‘Erst’. In: Bäuerle, R., Egli, U., von Stechow, A. (eds) Semantics from Different Points of View. Springer Series in Language and Communication, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67458-7_10
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