The aim of this chapter* is to explore a specific case of contact-induced pragmaticalization undergone by some adverbs meaning ‘already’ in Piedmontese Regional Italian, French, and some neighbouring varieties. This pragmaticalization process resulted in the development of a new, discourse-related function of the adverbs under scrutiny, which, in contemporary spoken varieties, can be used in interrogative contexts in order to ask for the repetition of information that the speaker knew, but cannot remember at the time of speaking due to a failure in recall.
French déjà, Piedmontese Regional Italian già: A case of contact-induced pragmaticalization
Emanuele Miola;
2014
Abstract
The aim of this chapter* is to explore a specific case of contact-induced pragmaticalization undergone by some adverbs meaning ‘already’ in Piedmontese Regional Italian, French, and some neighbouring varieties. This pragmaticalization process resulted in the development of a new, discourse-related function of the adverbs under scrutiny, which, in contemporary spoken varieties, can be used in interrogative contexts in order to ask for the repetition of information that the speaker knew, but cannot remember at the time of speaking due to a failure in recall.File in questo prodotto:
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