[PLing] Reminder: Talk by Flóra Lili Donáti April 25

[Magdalena Lohninger]

Dear colleagues,

This is a reminder that this thursday our first talk of the Theoretical 
Linguistics Colloquium will take place.

Speaker: Flóra Lili Donáti (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics)

Date/venue: April 25th, 11:30 - 13:00, Sensengasse 3a, 1090 Vienna, 
Seminarraum 2

Upcoming events as well as further information can be found on our website:
https://sites.google.com/view/totlvienna/upcoming

We are looking forward to seeing you at the talk,
Iva Kovač, Magdalena Lohninger and Valerie Wurm

Title: Concessive readings with 'also' and 'only' in Hungarian

Abstract: In certain environments, the Hungarian focus particles „is“ 
'also' and „csak“ 'only', are felicitous outside of their designated 
positions, the Quantifier position and the Focus position respectively. 
In these cases, these particles do not have their typical readings, as 
in „is“ `also' is not additive and „csak“ `only' is not exclusive. 
Rather, they receive a concessive or minimal sufficiency reading. 
Moreover, the combination of the two can also introduce a concessive 
reading. The puzzle is understanding how the two particles with opposing 
meanings, result in a comparable, if not identical, concessive reading.