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Studies in Historical Ibero-Romance Morpho-SyntaxEdited by Miriam Bouzouita, Ioanna Sitaridou and Enrique Pato
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 16] 2018
► pp. 75–98
Intersubjectification and textual emphasis in the use of definite article + proper name in Spanish
Miguel Calderón Campos | Universidad de Granada
This paper analyses the uses given to the structure [definite article + proper name] (e.g., el Juan ‘lit. the Juan’) in the history of Spanish (Calderón Campos, 2015). It employs the notions of “expressive value” of the definite article (Epstein, 1994, 2001) and of “intersubjectification” (Traugott & Dasher, 2002). At present this structure has a restricted colloquial use, with varying degrees of social perception and different pragmatic values depending on the communicative situation. However, in the past it was employed in learned texts with two possible values: (i) a discourse-pragmatic use with an anaphoric, non-judgemental value, equivalent to [‘the already mentioned’ + proper name]; and also a recognitial use, similar to the Latin ille Socrates ‘the well-known Socrates’.
Keywords: definite article, proper name, recognitional, intersubjectification, deixis, emphasis, Spanish
Published online: 17 July 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.16.04cal
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.16.04cal
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