'Either', 'both' and 'neither' in coordinate structures

When the elements either, both and neither occur in a coordinate structure, they are usually analyzed as conjunctions. In this paper, it is argued that these elements are better analyzed as focus particles. The analysis of these so-called initial or correlative conjunctions as focus particles is motivated by their resemblance to focus particles with respect to (1) their distribution, (2) their interaction with sentential intonation, and (3) their contribution to the interpretation of the sentence.

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