The fuzzy boundaries between discourse marking and modal marking

Cuenca, María Josep

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“…We take a narrow definition of discourse markers and concentrate specifically on connective markers, which segment or 'bracket' units of talk (Schiffrin, 1987). As for the classification used here, see Cuenca (2006Cuenca ( , 2013 and Cuenca and Marín (2012).…”

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Discourse markers, structure, and emotionality in oral narratives

Romano

Cuenca

2013

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This paper presents a comparative analysis structure and frequency of discourse markers in two kinds of oral narratives: objective, emotionally neutral ones on the one side, and highly emotional, spontaneous ones on the other. The results prove that emotionality plays a crucial role in the structuring of oral narratives as well as in the type of discourse markers employed in them. Objective oral narratives show a higher number of discourse markers, whereas highly emotional ones present a higher variety of discourse markers, as well as a higher frequency of other pragmatic markers, in order to guide the listener through the multiplicity of side stories and the broken structure they show. In short, this work highlights the relationship between linguistic activity (language in context or use) and linguistic form.Linguistic activity influences linguistic forms and structures: this is a shared premise within linguistics today (Bernárdez, 2008). In the case of the oral narratives analyzed in this paper, both the degree of emotionality of the events being told and the spontaneity of the discourse situation in which they take place are reflected in the linguistic and pragmatic devices used by the narrators, more specifically, in the structure of the narratives and in the use of discourse markers.Specifically, the working hypothesis of this research is that at the most artificially elicited and emotionally neutral pole of the narrative continuum, we find more rigid and linear narrative structures, as well as a reduced use of discourse markers, in contrast with the more flexible and somehow chaotic structures and higher frequency of discourse markers found at the naturally elicited and more Requests for further information should be directed to: Manuela Romano, Universidad Discourse markers, structure, and emotionality in oral narratives 345 emotional pole of the cline. In order to prove this hypothesis 20 Spanish oral narratives were analyzed: 10 objective narratives based on the well-known visual story Frog, where are you? elicited in semi-structured interviews, and 10 highly emotional and spontaneous personal oral narratives recorded from a late night Spanish radio program. 1 The main aim of the study is two-fold: (i) to compare the structure of both types of oral narratives, and (ii) to analyze the frequency and type of discourse markers in each group. In order to achieve the first objective, two models of narrative segmentation were applied: Labov's contextualist approach (Labov & Waletzky, 1967; Labov, 1972), which was the most appropriate to describe the linear structure of the objective narratives, and Redeker's functional-cognitive approach (Redeker, 2006), especially suitable for the fragmented structure of the more emotional narratives. As for the second aim, three categories of discourse markers were quantified and analyzed in both narrative groups: propositional, structural and modal.After describing the data and methodology used for the analysis in Section 1, the study focuses on the different structures o...

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Discourse markers, structure, and emotionality in oral narratives

Romano

Cuenca

2013

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“…Thus, according to the basic criterion for distinguishing adverbial from pure coordinating devices, ma is classified as a pure coordinating marker, while però, in contexts as those in [28], is considered an adverbial coordinating marker (Dik, 1968: 34) or a parenthetical connective (Cuenca, 1992(Cuenca, -1993(Cuenca, , 2006(Cuenca, , 2013).…”

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“…It can be expressed by other markers and it can relate independent sentences or groups of sentences. Contrast can be made explicit by markers which according to Cuenca (2001Cuenca ( , 2002Cuenca ( , 2006Cuenca ( and 2013 can be labeled as parenthetical connectives. Contrastive parenthetical connectives are markers such as however, still, nevertheless, instead, on the contrary or otherwise that can act on their own or following a conjunction (e.g.…”

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Contrastive Markers in Contrast

Cuenca¹,

Postolea²,

Visconti³

2019

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Contrastive markers are one of the richest groups of discourse markers in Romance languages. There are several conjunctions and other connectives that can express various types of contrast both at the text level and at the sentence level. In this paper, the main contrastive markers of Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Romanian will be classified and compared as for form, lexical base (or source) and meaning, with the aim of providing a cross-linguistic description of the way in which this class of discourse relations is signaled in these four different Romance languages. Two general meanings will be considered, namely, non-exclusive contrast (including weak contrast, opposition, concessive opposition, and conditional opposition) and exclusive contrast. Our analysis reveals similarities across languages, which go back to common origins, as well as important differences, derived from the fact that each language has developed a paradigmatic system that shows interesting divergences in use.

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“…Esta concepción difiere de otras más amplias, en las que se equipara la conexión a una relación cohesiva y no a una unión (cfr. Halliday y Hasan 1976;Schiffrin 1987;Briz 1998;Pons 1998;Montolío 2001;Fuentes 2003;Cortés y Camacho 2005;Cuenca 2006Cuenca , 2013 a. Los MD pueden codificar conceptos; los conectores, por el contrario, codifican siempre procedimientos.…”

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“…2002: 83, línea 45) En relación con la polisemia y las funciones, no hay que olvidar que los autores que abogan por una aproximación polisémica han tratado las funciones de los MD en términos de significado (Lewis 2006;Waltereit 2006;Pons 2006;entre otros). 43 Estas cuatro dimensiones se incluyen en numerosos estudios (Brinton 1996, Briz 1998, Portolés y Martín Zorraquino (1999, Pons (2001Pons ( , 2006, Cortés y Camacho (2005), Bazzanella 2006, Loureda y Acín (2010, López Serena y Borreguero 2010, Cuenca (2013. Estas clasificaciones o propuestas varían fundamentalmente en la catalogación de la argumentación y la modalización: mientras que en algunos estudios se conciben como dimensiones propias, en otros se incluyen en otras dimensiones.…”

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Significado y funciones en los marcadores discursivos

Cardona

2016

Verba

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Este artículo revisa el origen y desarrollo del concepto de significado procedimental dentro y fuera de la teoría de la Relevancia, en cuanto que se da por sentado que es el significado característico de los marcadores discursivos. Después de señalar sus limitaciones, presenta como alternativa la noción de significado como equivalente a función. Esta propuesta se ha fundamentado en los niveles del lenguaje y en la distinción de lengua y norma de Coseriu y, a diferencia de las anteriores, se concibe en el marco de una semántica lingüística.

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The fuzzy boundaries between discourse marking and modal marking

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Discourse markers, structure, and emotionality in oral narratives

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