Semantics: SUDDENLY

[Tom L Humphries]

The glosses SUDDENLY and WRONG are unfortunately imprecise for this 
interesting connector.  In the example

'(I bought a ticket/raffle for $2,) WRONG I WON.'

the clause following the connector is not negative.

On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Alysse Rasmussen wrote:

> A friend asked me about the ASL sign frequently glossed as SUDDENLY (a 
> variation of the sign WRONG) .... I know the connotation includes 
> "unexpected" but does it also include a "negative" aspect ... as in 
> "something unexpected AND bad" occurred?
>  
> Alysse
>
Tom Humphries
Associate Director
Teacher Education
&
Department of Communication
University of California, San Diego
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