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AUC PHILOLOGICA, Vol 2016 No 3 (2016), 87–102
Usos de diminutivos en los actos de habla directivo-volitivos
[The uses of diminutives in directive-volitive speech acts]
Dana Kratochvílová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/24646830.2016.38
published online: 11. 11. 2016
abstract
This paper analyses the morphopragmatic functions of Spanish diminutives in requests, demands and commands, based on a study of language material obtained from the parallel corpus InterCorp. Following Dressler – Merlini Barbaresi’s (1994) model, we determine the main reasons for the use of diminutives and compare the state of affairs in Spanish with Czech. As a result of this analysis we have been able to single out two main functions of diminutives in the constructions analysed – the mitigation of the illocutionary force of a command or request, and the specifying function that helps the hearer to understand the extent of the speaker’s demand. We also conclude that the (semi)lexicalized character of a concrete diminutive may favour the specifying interpretation; nevertheless, in many cases it does not impede a morphopragmatic (mitigating) interpretation either.
keywords: morphopragmatics; diminutives; demands; commands; speech act
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