Abstract
In this paper, two simultaneous developments in a small area of the Dutch particle lexicon are charted and related to one another: (a) the gradual emerge of particle clusters with the semantics of even in polarity-sensitive contexts, and (b) the growing specialization among Dutch particles which mark scalar endpoints. The particular ways in which Dutch particles and particle clusters become more specialized are discussed and an argument is provided that this growing specialization extends far beyond the small domain studied here, and is the driving force behind the development of particle clusters.
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