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The Speaker-Oriented Use of Estar : = Semantic Variation in the [Copula + Adjective] Context in Buenos Aires Spanish.

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Title/Author:	The Speaker-Oriented Use of Estar :/
Reminder of title:	Semantic Variation in the [Copula + Adjective] Context in Buenos Aires Spanish.
Author:	Battersby, Tanya.
Description:	1 online resource (237 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01(E), Section: A.
Subject:	Linguistics. -
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ISBN:	9780355129229

The Speaker-Oriented Use of Estar : = Semantic Variation in the [Copula + Adjective] Context in Buenos Aires Spanish.
Battersby, Tanya.

The Speaker-Oriented Use of Estar :Semantic Variation in the [Copula + Adjective] Context in Buenos Aires Spanish. - 1 online resource (237 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

This study investigates copula variation with adjectival predicates in Buenos Aires Spanish. It examines the conditioning factors of ['ser'/'estar' + adjective] contexts and tests the hypothesis of the speaker-oriented use of 'estar'. The speaker-oriented use of 'estar' emphasizes the viewpoint of the speaker (e.g., La nueva pelicula de Almodovar esta buena. 'The new Almodovar film is[ESTAR] good.'). In contrast, 'ser' is neutral with respect to the speaker's attitude towards the proposition (e.g., La nueva pelicula de Almodovar es buena. 'The new Almodovar film is[SER] good.'). The speaker-oriented hypothesis predicts that the choice of 'estar' optionally expresses speaker perspective, which comprises a range of meanings including evidential, mirative and evaluative interpretations. The study tests whether some of the variation between the copulas can be attributed to the encoding of speaker perspective via the selection of 'estar'. Data from 45 native speakers of Buenos Aires Spanish was collected, using a contextualized preference task, an elicitation task and a sociolinguistic interview. Speakers were classified according to the two social variables of age and level of education. The findings indicated that the presence of evidence in the discourse context was a significant predictor of 'estar' selection. Also, two linguistic variables, the presence of temporal anchoring markers and the presence of speaker-oriented expressions in the sentence, were highly significant predictors of the use of 'estar'. These results are consistent with the prediction that 'estar' is selected to express speaker-oriented meaning. Neither of the social variables tested were significant predictors of 'estar' selection. The findings suggest stable patterns of use for both temporally-anchored and speaker-oriented meanings of the ['estar' + adjective] context in this variety. In conclusion, the linguistic encoding of speaker perspective is a driver of variation in copula selection with adjectival predicates in Buenos Aires Spanish.

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2018

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