11.2201, Qs: French "Si", Systemic Functional Ling/Spanish

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Subject: 11.2201, Qs: French "Si", Systemic Functional Ling/Spanish

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Date:          Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:37:12 -0400
From:          Ira Noveck <noveck at ISC.CNRS.FR>
Subject:       Question on the French reply "Si"

2)
Date:  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:43:36 -0300
From:  Susana Rezzano <susana at unsl.edu.ar>
Subject:  SFL and Spanish

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:          Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:37:12 -0400
From:          Ira Noveck <noveck at ISC.CNRS.FR>
Subject:       Question on the French reply "Si"

What languages other than French have the reply "Si" as in:
A:  Al Gore is not tall.
B:  Si.

(which can be glossed as "Your assertion (presupposition) is wrong; in fact,
yes he is tall").  Italian doesn't have it and neither does English.

Can someone direct me to relevant papers on the matter?

Yours,

Ira Noveck
Institut des Sciences Cognitives
Lyon, France


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Date:  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:43:36 -0300
From:  Susana Rezzano <susana at unsl.edu.ar>
Subject:  SFL and Spanish


Dear All,
Does anyone have any references of studies on the Spanish language in the
framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics?

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