Extending the notion of contrast and the scope of felicity
Spanish null subjects in contrastive contexts
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https://doi.org/10.7557/1.12.1.6877Palabras clave:
felicity, pragmatics, subject pronouns, contrast, corpus linguisticsResumen
Existe un debate entre los lingüistas sobre si los sujetos pronominales (SP) explícitos son pragmáticamente obligatorios en contextos contrastivos. Si bien muchos autores argumentarían que los SP explícitos son necesarios para mantener una expresión pragmáticamente feliz (ej. Cameron 1995; Silva-Corvalán 1994; Solomon 1999; Mayol 2010; Posio 2011), numerosos investigadores han cuestionado este punto de vista (ej. Enríquez 1984; Schwenter 2002; Amaral & Schwenter 2005; Otheguy & Zentella 2012; Travis & Torres Cacoullos 2012). El presente estudio explora estos contextos con mayor detalle utilizando datos orales de corpus del español mexicano. A través de un análisis cualitativo de entornos contrastivos en el discurso de 20 hablantes, se analizan numerosos casos de contraste en términos del uso de los SP, tipo de contraste transmitido y (in)felicidad pragmática. Los datos demuestran que existen varios contextos contrastivos que permiten el uso de los SP nulos, lo que corrobora estudios previos. Además, el análisis va más allá de la investigación existente al revelar contextos contrastivos adicionales no discutidos hasta ahora en la literatura (a mi saber y entender), que engendran el establecimiento de nuevos tipos de contraste, una ampliación de la noción de contraste y una extensión del rango de la felicidad pragmática.
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