Positive polarity in different languages: a synchronic and diachronic study

Abstract

The aim of this work is to provide the state of the question in the study of emphatic polarity particles in different languages. Then, we are going to study these elements most importantly in Spanish and Catalan, but also in Portuguese, Italian and Celtic languages. We will focus our attention on them from a diachronic and a synchronic standpoint. Thus, we will show their evolution through time, and we will give a syntactic analysis for all of them