7.955, Disc: Not really

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-955. Sun Jun 30 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  76
 
Subject: 7.955, Disc: Not really
 
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Date:  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 19:12:49 EDT
From:  rowe at email.unc.edu (rowe)
Subject:  re: disc: not really/not just real
 
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Date:  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:36:29 -0300
From:  rfreitas at future.com.br ("Ricardo Freitas")
Subject:  Subject: 7.939, Disc: not really
 
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Date:  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 19:12:49 EDT
From:  rowe at email.unc.edu (rowe)
Subject:  re: disc: not really/not just real
 
The phrase "not just REAL sick" may indeed be restricted to
Southern US/NC/coastal, or some version thereof.
 
It turns out that the phrase as I am familiar with it
translates perfectly into German as:
 
Er ist nicht halt ganz/sehr krank.
 
Here the *halt*  particle functions as the *just* particle does
in the Southern dialect I have quoted here.
 
The interjection particle *like* which, I am aware, there is a
good bit of literature on, functions in much the same way in
colloquial standard American English:
 
He's not, like, REAL sick [ie, but, sick enough at any rate!]
 
Charlie Rowe
rowe at email.unc.edu
 
 
 
 
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Date:  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:36:29 -0300
From:  rfreitas at future.com.br ("Ricardo Freitas")
Subject:  Subject: 7.939, Disc: not really
 
To me, the sentence "He's not just real (really) sick." does not mean
that the use of 'just' reverse the 'sign' (meaning) of the phrase. It
rather means that "He's not just (ONLY) real (really) sick", i.e.,
there is something else ... What do you think?
 
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