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Vol. 17:3 (2020) ► pp.391–414

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Le dije yo, digo

Construccionalización de los introductores cuotativos con el verbo decir en español peninsular y argentino

 | University of Helsinki
 | Osnabrück University

Article language: Spanish

Published online: 15 January 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sic.18002.pos
Abstracto
El presente estudio examina la forma y la función de los introductores cuotativos con el verbo decir, a saber, secuencias utilizadas para introducir diálogo construido en el discurso, en el español peninsular y argentino. Se identifican y se investigan varias diferencias morfosintácticas y distribucionales entre las dos variedades en cuanto a la expresión y posición de los argumentos del verbo, así como la referencia temporal del verbo cuotativo. Los resultados apuntan hacia un nivel más alto de construccionalización de los introductores cuotativos en la variedad peninsular que en la argentina. Además, la variedad peninsular cuenta con marcadores cuotativos invariables digo y dice, que no ocurren en la variedad argentina. Proponemos que los marcadores cuotativos se consideren como un subtipo independiente de marcadores del discurso.
Abstract
The present study examines the form and function of quotative sequences with the verb decir ‘say’, i.e., verbal constructions used to introduce constructed dialogue into discourse, in the Peninsular and the Argentinean variety of Spanish. We identify and study several morphosyntactic and distributional differences between the varieties with regard to the expression and position of the verbal arguments and the temporal reference of the quotative verb. The results point at a higher degree of constructionalization of the quotative sequences in the Peninsular variety than in the Argentinean one. In addition, invariable quotative markers digo ‘(I) say’ and dice ‘(s/he) says’ have emerged only in the Peninsular variety. We argue that quotative markers should be considered as an independent category amongst discourse markers.
Article outline
  • 1.Introducción
  • 2.Marco teórico: Construccionalización y efectos de frecuencia
  • 3.Datos y métodos
  • 4.Análisis
    • 4.1Expresión y posición de argumentos del verbo decir
    • 4.2Tiempos verbales y referencia temporal
    • 4.3Marcadores cuotativos
    • 4.4Uso de cuotativos en el lenguaje adolescente en Madrid y Buenos Aires
  • 5.Discusión y conclusiones
    • 5.1Introductores y marcadores cuotativos: ¿un tipo de marcadores discursivos?
    • 5.2Consideraciones finales
  • Notas
  • Bibliografía
  • Referencias
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