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Discourse and Pragmatic Markers from Latin to the Romance Languages (Hardcover)
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Discourse and Pragmatic Markers from Latin to the Romance Languages (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics, 9
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This book examines the historical development of discourse and
pragmatic markers across the Romance languages. These markers serve
to indicate the organization of the discourse, the speaker's
relationship with the interlocutor, and the speaker's stance with
regard to the information expressed. Their relevance is in
assisting interpretation, despite the fact that they have little or
no propositional content. In this book, distinguished scholars from
different theoretical backgrounds analyse the different classes of
discourse and pragmatic markers found in Latin and the Romance
languages and explore both their diachronic development and their
synchronic properties. Following an introduction and overview of
the development of these markers, the book is divided into two
parts: the first part investigates pragmatic markers developed from
verbs, such as Latin quaeso, Romanian ma rog, and Spanish o sea;
the second looks at adverbs as discourse markers, such as French
deja and Italian gia, Romanian atunci and Portuguese alias.
Chapters address a variety of theoretical issues such as the cyclic
nature of functional developments, the nature of grammaticalization
and pragmaticalization, semantic change, and the emergence of new
pragmatic values. The arguments presented also have consequences
for any analysis of the interfaces between grammar, discourse, and
interaction.
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