Deverbal discourse-pragmatic markers in English and Spanish: A contrastive corpus-based study on 'wait' and 'espera'

This paper offers a contrastive analysis of two deverbal discourse-pragmatic markers, English wait and its equivalent in Spanish espera. Although discourse-pragmatic markers have been widely explored over the years, wait and espera have received very little scholarly attention, especially from a co...

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Main Authors: Cristina Lastres-López, Nazaret Camacho-Salas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Cádiz 2023-12-01
Series:Pragmalingüística
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Online Access:https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/pragma/article/view/9772