Article published In: Linguistics in the Netherlands 2020
Edited by Elena Tribushinina and Mark Dingemanse
[Linguistics in the Netherlands 37] 2020
► pp. 90–102
On the Dutch temporal adverbial goed en wel
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Published online: 27 October 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.00039.hoe
https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.00039.hoe
Abstract
The paper investigates the origin, the development, the semantics and the pragmatics of the temporal use of the
Dutch expression goed en wel ‘good and well’. We argue that the expression has developed from a meaning “safe and
sound” into an indicator of the end of a preparatory phase or transition period, as well as a marker of the beginning of a new
state. We observe that temporal goed en wel always requires a secondary state of affairs that is temporally
related to the transition point initiating the primary state of affairs, and we show that the expression is increasingly being
employed for rhetorical purposes.
Keywords: temporal expression, Dutch, transition period, rhetoric, language change
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Origin of temporal goed en wel
- 3.Diachronic developments
- 4.Semantics of goed en wel
- 5.Pragmatics of goed en wel
- 6.Conclusions
- Notes
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