From temporal precedence to contrast: Catalan discourse markers ans and Italian anzi
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https://doi.org/10.25267/Pragmalinguistica.2017.iextra1.05Info
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- Maria Josep Cuenca Universitat de València
- Jacqueline Visconti Università di Genova
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This article deals with the uses of Catalan ans and Italian anzi, which are presently contrastive discourse markers. In both cases their evolution starts in the temporal domain (Latin adverb of antecedence ANTE) and moves into contrast and exclusion. The origin of the markers is outlined and their current uses are described and finally compared cross-linguistically. Starting from a common origin, ans and anzi followed a parallel path as far as their loss of uses as adverbs and conjunctions is concerned and in their adversative refutative uses, but the two markers have developed specific features, especially related to the contrastive-corrective use of anzi. The analysis is based mainly on data coming from written corpora.
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