In:Changes in Meaning and Function: Studies in historical linguistics with a focus on Spanish
Edited by Jorge Fernández Jaén and Herminia Provencio Garrigós
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 25] 2020
► pp. 221–236
In substance, they came from above
On the acquisition of discourse particles in Medieval Spanish
Published online: 2 April 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.25.10pon
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.25.10pon
Abstract
This paper presents a study on discourse particles in
the history of the Spanish language. The research focuses on explaining the
socio-cultural context which led to the appearance of some particles by
means other than those contemplated in the theory of grammaticalization. By
monitoring the history of the discourse particle en
sustancia we explain how many of the changes undergone in the
Spanish language in the plane of textual construction came from above, were
taken directly from the medieval Latin of books and inserted into
communicative distance texts, subsequently spreading to become standard.
Article outline
- 1.Discourse particles: Ausbau and linguistic elaboration
- 1.1The social gap of grammaticalization theory
- 1.2Discourse particles that came from above: Social context and elaboration
- 2.The history of the Spanish discourse particle en
sustancia
- 2.1substantia and its legacy
- 2.2Use of in sustancia in current Spanish
- 3.Diachronic evolution of Spanish
- 3.1Explanation of the linguistic change of en sustancia
- 4.Conclusions
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