[Lingtyp] Corrective 'but (rather)'

[Maxim Stepanyants]

Esteemed colleagues,

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the use of markers
that can mean 'only' for adversative coordination has been addressed in the
specialised literature, albeit rather rarely. The distinction between
"simple" (or concessive) adversativity and the substitutive function has
not been so commonplace, though.

Among the more recent topologically-oriented contributions, are the papers
by Prof. Winterstein (
http://gregoire.winterstein.free.fr/docs/Pres/WintersteinG-AdversativeRestriction-HO.pdf)
and by Stepanyants (https://doi.org/10.31857/S160578800024639-8). Still, I
am certain that the issue merits further investigation. I also believe it
is noteworthy that the bridging context for 'only' > 'but rather' is
presumably the meaning 'except' (this is partly justified by the Spanish
*sino* < 'if not').

Hopefully, this will be of some use to you. And thank you for sharing your
interesting thoughts.

Kind regards,
Maxim
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