From demonstrative to filler
Estein Amazonian Spanish and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4803427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosa Vallejos-Yopán (0000-0001-7282-7611, University of New Mexico, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 651-678 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling-2021-0137 |
| OpenAlex | W4363649242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 34 |
In Amazonian Spanish,estehas two main functions: demonstrative and filler. Filler-este, which originally evolved from demonstrative-este, serves to deal with word-formulation delays during spontaneous speech production. Analyses of conversations reveal thatesteprimarily functions as a filler: 70% of the tokens ofesteare either fillers serving as placeholders, which replace lexical items in specific syntactic slots, or fillers serving as hesitators, which are non-referential and distributionally free. Further, phonetic analyses show that demonstrative-esteand filler-esteexhibit different phonetic shapes. Demonstrative-estepatterns with disyllabic words with penultimate stress - the first vowel is longer than the second vowel. Filler-esteshows the opposite configuration - the second vowel is significantly longer than the first vowel. The evolution ofestefrom demonstrative to filler may have been facilitated by two conspiring forces: its use as cataphor whose referent comes later in the discourse, and its use for recognitional purposes, in which establishing a referent relies on shared knowledge. This use is often accompanied by signs of hesitation. The diachronic proposal outlined here can account for the emergence of the filler-estein several varieties of Spanish spoken in Latin America. Overall, this study contributes to our understanding of the syntax of real-time interaction
Demonstrative · Filler (materials) · Linguistics · Referent · Syntax · Vowel · Computer Science · Engineering · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |