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<div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I think Latin aut and autem originated as signaling disjunction, but came to incorporate counter-expectional or adversary meaning. Not sure about the direction of change though. One would
have to check the etymological dictionaries, though. Maybe also: English ‘a kind, if stupid boy’, where there’s is subjective meaning overlaying the mere disjunction. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I would check literature on subjectification/subjectivity</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Best regards,</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Freek Van de Velde. </span></div>
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On 17 May 2019, at 14:25, Bernard, C.B.A.S. <<a href="mailto:c.b.a.s.bernard@hum.leidenuniv.nl">c.b.a.s.bernard@hum.leidenuniv.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear colleagues,</div>
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<div>Does anyone of you know of, in any language, of a semantic change "or" > "nevertheless"?</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div>Chams Bernard, Leiden.<br>
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