[Lingtyp] Remind-Me particles across languages

[Pier Marco Bertinetto]

Dear Jeanne Lecavelier,
the attached paper seems to be relevant to your inquiry. It also refers to
previous literature.
It is about non-canonical uses of Italian *già* 'already'.
Best
Pier Marco


Il giorno lun 31 mar 2025 alle ore 12:01 Jeanne Lecavelier des
Etangs-Levallois via Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> ha scritto:

> 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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