[Lingtyp] Remind-Me particles across languages
Jeanne Lecavelier des Etangs-Levallois
lecavelierde at uni-potsdam.de
Mon Mar 31 09:59:59 UTC 2025
Dear all,
I am currently looking at Remind-Me particles (particles which express
that the speaker is asking for an information they used to know but forgot,
like English "again" in "What's your name again?") across languages.
Specifically, I am interested in Remind-Me particles (i) which have another
(canonical) meaning when used in other contexts, and (ii) whose
other/canonical meaning is not "again".
For instance, French Remind-Me particle is "déjà" ("already"): "Comment tu
t'appelles toi déjà ?" (literally "What's your name already?") is
interpreted as "What's your name again? (I forgot)".
If you know of any such particle (which can have a Remind-Me use, and which
does not mean "again") in your native language or the language(s) you're
working on, please write to me :-)
Many thanks for your help!
Best,
Jeanne Lecavelier
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