Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from Spanish
This paper addresses the analysis of variations in structures that are projected in discourse. Starting with the relationship between evidential adverbs and the affirmative Spanish adverb <i>sí</i>, I review the occurrence of the conjunction <i>que</i> “that” with evidential...
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| description | This paper addresses the analysis of variations in structures that are projected in discourse. Starting with the relationship between evidential adverbs and the affirmative Spanish adverb <i>sí</i>, I review the occurrence of the conjunction <i>que</i> “that” with evidential adverbs, such as <i>naturalmente</i> “naturally”, <i>ciertamente</i> “certainly”, <i>obviamente</i> “obviously”, and <i>evidentemente</i> “evidently” as a Hispanic phenomenon, as well as its value and development in different varieties of Spanish. Although it appears that Latin American Spanish varieties lack an overt <i>que</i> in certain situations, such as <i>sí que</i> contexts or recomplementation, studies of the construction with evidential adverbs in language varieties different from European Spanish remain limited. I use examples extracted from CREA and CORPES XXI. My main objectives are to review the presence of the construction with evidential adverb + <i>que</i> (“that”) in Spanish by paying particular attention to its distribution in Latin American countries and to study the basic uses of the construction in countries in which it is documented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6bc748f67eb4f9d9a966c3c943a4f6f2023-12-22T14:20:50ZengMDPI AGLanguages2226-471X2023-10-018424310.3390/languages8040243Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from SpanishTeresa María Rodríguez Ramalle0Department of Spanish Language and Literary Theory, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainThis paper addresses the analysis of variations in structures that are projected in discourse. Starting with the relationship between evidential adverbs and the affirmative Spanish adverb <i>sí</i>, I review the occurrence of the conjunction <i>que</i> “that” with evidential adverbs, such as <i>naturalmente</i> “naturally”, <i>ciertamente</i> “certainly”, <i>obviamente</i> “obviously”, and <i>evidentemente</i> “evidently” as a Hispanic phenomenon, as well as its value and development in different varieties of Spanish. Although it appears that Latin American Spanish varieties lack an overt <i>que</i> in certain situations, such as <i>sí que</i> contexts or recomplementation, studies of the construction with evidential adverbs in language varieties different from European Spanish remain limited. I use examples extracted from CREA and CORPES XXI. My main objectives are to review the presence of the construction with evidential adverb + <i>que</i> (“that”) in Spanish by paying particular attention to its distribution in Latin American countries and to study the basic uses of the construction in countries in which it is documented.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/4/243evidential adverbsemphatic polarityconjunction <i>que</i>Latin American SpanishEuropean Spanish |
| spellingShingle | Teresa María Rodríguez Ramalle Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from Spanish Languages evidential adverbs emphatic polarity conjunction <i>que</i> Latin American Spanish European Spanish |
| title | Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from Spanish |
| title_full | Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from Spanish |
| title_fullStr | Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from Spanish |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from Spanish |
| title_short | Evidential Adverbs and Polarity: A Study from Spanish |
| title_sort | evidential adverbs and polarity a study from spanish |
| topic | evidential adverbs emphatic polarity conjunction <i>que</i> Latin American Spanish European Spanish |
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