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Defectivitat morfològica i variació sintàctica
2021
This paper discusses a case of parametric variation between Catalan and Spanish that concerns the fronting possibilities within the CP domain (the so-called ÇLeft PeripheryÈ). In particular, attention is paid to Catalan’s weak left peripheral activity, which prevents it from generating sentences that involve a Çmild focalizationÈ pattern very common in Spanish (e.g., «Mucha tontería dice el Gobierno» vs. *«Molta ximpleria diuel Govern»), first noted by Torrego (1980) and further explored by Uriagereka (1988). Interestingly, the same behavior is observed in the v*P domain, which accounts for the fact that VSO sentences (generated through movement of the subject to a specifier position, as Or…
Neologia i gramàtica: entre el neologisme lèxic i el neologisme sintàctic
2015
Resum: En aquest treball es mira de contribuir a objectivar el concepte de neologia sintàctica, de manera que pugui ser un recurs classificatori operatiu. La proposta és utilitzar l’expressió neologisme sintàctic per referir-nos als canvis de règim verbal que no són concomitants amb canvis semàntics (ja que llavors haurem de parlar de neologisme semàntic), i que tampoc concorren amb altres procediments neològics. En aquest sentit, un neologisme sintàctic no és un neologisme lèxic, una paraula nova, com sí que ho són els neologismes semàntics. Quan diem que el neologisme sintàctic exclou el canvi semàntic, però, no ens referim al significat relacionat amb les propietats estructurals de tipus…
Sobre el valencià «gemecar» 'gemegar'
2002
This paper focuses excusively on Valencian gemecar ‘gemegar’, “to whine”. It asserts that it is a generalized form in Valencian areas, where it can be found as early as the 15th century. On the one hand, it refutes the hypothesis that the word should be a back-formation from gemec, and on the other, that it should be linked to Mozarabic. The author shows the continuity with Aragonese gemecar, and underlines that Aragonese keeps intervocalic voiceless consonants, that gemecar can be found in Aragonese documents since the 14th century, and that it has expanded into neighbouring varieties, related to Aragonese (Murcian and Eastern Andalusian). Finally, the paper justifies the acceptance of the…
Aportació a l'estudi de la conjunció concessiva «jatsia»
2007
Concessive connectors are the focal point of grammaticalization processes, based on several types of lexical sources. In Catalan, «jatsia» (that) is the result of a grammaticalization process based on an aspectual temporary adverb (or phase adverb), which is comparable to the process that produced «encara que». The case of «encara que» has already been studied specifically by Pérez Saldanya & Salvador (1995), while Klesper (1930), Badia (1982) and Cuenca & Massip (2005) have focused on «jatsia» (that). The interest of the study of these processes is increased in the case of «jatsia»(that) by the polymorphism it shows and by the displacement it has experimented in its use, since it has gone …
Paraula i cultura de la salut: indagacions de lingüística mèdica
2011
La importància del discurs verbal en les pràctiques sanitàries és indiscutible i mereix l’atenció d’un programa de recerca interdisciplinari. Des del punt de vista de la lingüística mèdica o de la salut i l’anàlisi del discurs, aquest article explora el tema en dues directrius principals: la divulgació dels coneixements en l’àmbit de la salut i l’entrevista clínica com a gènere discursiu. Alguns del tòpics centrals tractats a l’article són: la relació entre el discurs i l’acció no verbal, i els conceptes d’empatia/confirmació, humor, responsabilitat compartida, argumentació/persuasió, "ethos" i autopresentació.
D'un complex d'inferioritat proverbial
1995
This is is a paper about the history of Catalan proverbs borrowed by Spanish tradition and lost in modern Catalan. The authors give the real origin of such proverbs and stress the sociolinguistic relevance of this «oblivion», as a kind of inferiority complex, to the present-day consciousness of the Catalan speech community.
Convivència de codis al teatre de Joan Brossa
2002
This article supports the importance of the relationship between verbal and visual codes in the analysis of specific sequences in the “scenic poetry” works by Joan Brossa. Thus, it evaluates examples of particular texts that reveal the multiplicity of theatrical registers and techniques, with regard to the procedures of character- or situation- building and the breaking of the communicative conventions.
Notes per a una estilística dels temps verbals
2000
Tenses constitute a complex system of oppositions based on time, aspect, and temporal distance. Taking these oppositions as basic, this article deals with the stylistic properties that verbal tenses acquire in discourse. In addition, it presents an analysis of some stylistically marked uses of the imperfect, the future, the conditional, and the past perfect. In all these cases, the verbal tenses keep some of their basic properties but introduce temporal or aspectual changes that lead to pragmatic and stylistic changes closely related to certain narrative effects.
Gramaticalització i funció discursiva dels verbs de percepció
2005
This paper deals with Catalan perception verbs reanalyzed as discourse markers. The study focuses on the forms «aviam, a veure» (derived from veure ‘to see’), «miri» (from mirar ‘to look’), and «escolti» (from escoltar ‘to listen’), in a corpus of electoral debate. The research shows the interrelation between semantic and morphosyntactic features, on the one hand, and between these formal aspects and the pragmatic functions of the markers, on the other hand. The analysis highlights that perception verbs as discourse markers indicate power and politeness relationships among the participants in political debates, and this use is closely related to their origin as (active/passive, visual/audit…
Les estructures amb ésser + participi passat: problemes d' ambigüitat formal
2004
This article analyzes the structures of «ésser» + participle in old Catalan. It highlights the diversity of constructions that may constitute this hind of construction (compound tenses, copulatives and passives). It analyzes the methodological problems derived from structural ambiguity, and points explains the evolutionary ways that language has established to solve the problems generated by formal syncretism.