On the development of the Chilean Spanish discourse markercachái

Autor:	Johan Gille
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language History Literature and Literary Theory Verb Romance languages Grammaticalization Language and Linguistics Linguistics language.human_language Situated Etymology language Chilean Spanish Discourse marker Historical pragmatics
Zdroj:	Revue Romane / Langue et littérature. International Journal of Romance Languages and Literatures. 50:3-29
ISSN:	1600-0811 0035-3906
Popis:	The discourse markercachái(‘y’see?’) has in a rather short time span become one of the most frequently used in colloquial Chilean Spanish, especially in the talk of young speakers. Being a recent addition to the language, it is not surprising that the history and use of the marker remain in large part to be described. The etymology which is commonly presented (Real Academia Española, 2014, s.v. cachar), according to whichcacharis a loan of the English verbcatch, is problematic as it fails to account for the uses attested forcacháiin modern Chilean Spanish. The present study adopts a historical pragmatic perspective to track the development of the verb, proposing an alternative origin, namely in the verbcatar(‘look (for)’, ‘see’). By contrasting this explanation with authentic, situated, uses ofcachái, the study argues that such an origin can account for the uses we see today more adequately and convincingly.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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