Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)
In current-day Catalan, the verb témer (‘to fear’) has an intersubjective value, together with a lexical and epistemic/evidential value. It is used as a strategy of negative politeness in contexts where an apology is made or information that the speaker anticipates will displease or contradict the h...
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| description | In current-day Catalan, the verb témer (‘to fear’) has an intersubjective value, together with a lexical and epistemic/evidential value. It is used as a strategy of negative politeness in contexts where an apology is made or information that the speaker anticipates will displease or contradict the hearer/reader. However, this value is not exclusive to Catalan and has been observed and studied in diachrony in other languages, especially English. Based on previous studies, this paper aims to describe and explain the process of change whereby the verb témer (‘to fear’) and other synonymous idioms (haver/tenir por/paor/temor) will develop an intersubjective value in Catalan, in a process that will end during the nineteenth century. This research is based on the analysis of data from computerized textual corpora of old, modern and contemporary Catalan. The data obtained have been analyzed qualitatively – in contrast to the evolution described for English (especially in Mazzon’s 2012 study) – using the concept of (inter)subjectivation by E. C. Traugott (Traugott & Dasher 2001; Traugott 2010) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-abbab9556a43414b8dbf68e0e6640f7f2022-12-21T21:25:07ZcatUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCatalan Journal of Linguistics1695-68852014-97192020-12-0110.5565/rev/catjl.317253Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)Jordi M. Antolí Martínez0Universitat d’AlacantIn current-day Catalan, the verb témer (‘to fear’) has an intersubjective value, together with a lexical and epistemic/evidential value. It is used as a strategy of negative politeness in contexts where an apology is made or information that the speaker anticipates will displease or contradict the hearer/reader. However, this value is not exclusive to Catalan and has been observed and studied in diachrony in other languages, especially English. Based on previous studies, this paper aims to describe and explain the process of change whereby the verb témer (‘to fear’) and other synonymous idioms (haver/tenir por/paor/temor) will develop an intersubjective value in Catalan, in a process that will end during the nineteenth century. This research is based on the analysis of data from computerized textual corpora of old, modern and contemporary Catalan. The data obtained have been analyzed qualitatively – in contrast to the evolution described for English (especially in Mazzon’s 2012 study) – using the concept of (inter)subjectivation by E. C. Traugott (Traugott & Dasher 2001; Traugott 2010)https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/317Catalan languagediachronic linguistics(inter)subjectificationpolitenesspragmaticstémer (‘to fear’) |
| spellingShingle | Jordi M. Antolí Martínez Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.) Catalan Journal of Linguistics Catalan language diachronic linguistics (inter)subjectification politeness pragmatics témer (‘to fear’) |
| title | Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.) |
| title_full | Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.) |
| title_fullStr | Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.) |
| title_short | Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.) |
| title_sort | subjectivization and intersubjectivization in the evolution of the verb temer in catalan 13th 19th c |
| topic | Catalan language diachronic linguistics (inter)subjectification politeness pragmatics témer (‘to fear’) |
| url | https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/317 |
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