The discourse marker ale in Bislama oral narratives

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI:10.1075/jpcl.00076.alv

Angeliki Alvanoudi, Valérie Guérin

引用次数: 2

Abstract

This study takes us to the South Pacific and concentrates on Bislama, one of the dialects of Melanesian pidgin (Siegel 2008: 4) and one of the official languages of Vanuatu. We take a discourse analysis perspective to map out the functions of ale, a conspicuous discourse marker in conversations and narratives. Using Labov & Waletzky (1967) model, we analyze the use of ale in narratives from the book Big Wok: Storian blong Wol Wo Tu long Vanuatu (Lindstrom & Gwero 1998) and determine that ale is a discourse marker which indicates temporal sequence and consequence, frames speech reports and closes a digression. We conclude our study by considering a possible historical development of ale. We map out how French allez could have become Bislama ale using imposition and functional transfer (Siegel 2008; Winford 2013a) of vernacular discourse markers (such as go in Nguna).

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毕斯拉玛口头叙事中的话语标记

这项研究将我们带到了南太平洋，并集中在比斯拉马语上，这是美拉尼西亚洋泾浜语的一种方言(Siegel 2008: 4)，也是瓦努阿图的官方语言之一。本文从语篇分析的角度出发，对啤酒这一话语标记在对话和叙事中的作用进行了分析。利用Labov & Waletzky(1967)模型，我们分析了《大锅:故事长世界长瓦瓦阿图》(Lindstrom & Gwero 1998)一书中麦酒在叙事中的使用情况，并确定麦酒是一种话语标记，它表明时间顺序和后果，为言语报道提供框架并结束离题。我们通过考虑啤酒可能的历史发展来结束我们的研究。我们描绘了法国allez如何通过强制和功能转移成为Bislama ale (Siegel 2008;Winford 2013a)的白话话语标记(如恩古纳语中的go)。

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Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages Multiple-

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1.20

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28.60%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JPCL) aims to provide a forum for the scholarly study of pidgins, creoles, and other contact language varieties, from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The journal places special emphasis on current research devoted to empirical description, theoretical issues, and the broader implications of the study of contact languages for theories of language acquisition and change, and for linguistic theory in general. The editors also encourage contributions that explore the application of linguistic research to language planning, education, and social reform, as well as studies that examine the role of contact languages in the social life and culture, including the literature, of their communities.