[Histling-l] 2nd Call for papers: Meaning in Flux 2019

[Freek Van de Velde]

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.
I would check literature on subjectification/subjectivity
Best regards,
Freek Van de Velde.

On 17 May 2019, at 14:25, Bernard, C.B.A.S. <c.b.a.s.bernard at hum.leidenuniv.nl<mailto:c.b.a.s.bernard at hum.leidenuniv.nl>> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

Does anyone of you know of, in any language, of a semantic change "or" > "nevertheless"?

Kind regards,
Chams Bernard, Leiden.
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