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On subjective (and intensifier) I think (that) in parliamentary debate sessions
M. Amparo Soler Bonafontsubject
atenuaciónlcsh:French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literatureLinguistics and Languagelcsh:PC1-5498lcsh:PQ1-3999lcsh:Romanic languagesintensificacióncreo (que)verbos doxásticosimagendescription
This paper presents a behavioral analysis of the doxastic form creo (que) as a subjectification modal verb, specifically in its manifestation as a pragmatic intensifier device in a Spanish parliamentary debate. Previous work on creo (que) has suggested that it is indeed an intensifier (Fuentes 2010, Brenes 2015, Cuenca 2015), although many pragmatic approaches to these doxastic verbal forms, not only in the context of Spanish (Hennemann 2012; Albelda, Briz, Cestero, Kotwica y Villalba 2014) but also from other languages (Lakoff 1972; Hooper 1975; Lysvag 1975; Fraser 1975, 1980; Holmes 1984; Caffi 1999, 2004), have classified creo (que) as a marker of attenuation. The goal of this investigation is to show a comprehensive description of the behavior of creo (que) in a Spanish parliamentary debate, especially focused on its development as a an intensifier. Using mixed qualitative and quantitative methods, the preselected doxastic form creo (que) is analyzed from a corpus of 351,888 words. Factors considered include formal features, meaning, aspects of face and other discourse features, with the purpose of providing a detailed explanation of the pragmatic procedure of creo (que).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-01 | Textos en Proceso |