«Altså» and «nemlig»: two views of causality

This paper discusses some functions of two Norwegian particles «Altsa» and «nemlig», and proposes that, as modal particles, they point out to a cause effect-effect relation between prepositions. «Altsa» codes the preposition of the clause that the particule modifies as the consequence or effect element in a causal chain, while «nemlig» attaches to the linguistic expression of the cause of some event or state