A multimodal cognitive approach to aid the conceptualization of Spanish utterances with ‘se’

IF 1.8 1区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Renia Lopez-Ozieblo
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Abstract Most native speakers of Spanish are intuitively able to construct correct structures with the marker ‘se’. On the other hand, non-native speakers, even those at advanced proficiency levels, have difficulties producing most constructions with ‘se’. This is hardly surprising as the marker ‘se’, one of the most common words in Spanish, can convey highly pragmatic nuances with a variety of functions that are still much debated among linguists. This study analyses some of the most used functions of the marker in the oral production of 18 Peninsular Spanish speakers from a multimodal Cognitive Grammar approach, identifying how gestures might be employed by speakers to create or clarify meaning. Our results confirm that gestures are used differently depending on the function of the marker. Middle voices where ‘se’ marks high levels of subject involvement and/or energy co-occur with related gestures, while middle voices or impersonal structures, where the involvement and/or energy is low, co-occur more often with unrelated gestures, if any.
多模态认知方法对西班牙语“se”话语概念化的帮助
大多数以西班牙语为母语的人都能凭直觉用标记语“se”构建正确的结构。另一方面,非英语为母语的人,即使是那些熟练程度很高的人,也很难用“se”来表达大多数结构。这并不奇怪,因为作为西班牙语中最常见的单词之一,标记词“se”可以通过多种功能传达高度实用的细微差别,而语言学家对此仍有很多争议。本研究从多模态认知语法的角度分析了18个半岛西班牙语使用者在口语生产中最常用的标记功能,确定了说话者如何使用手势来创造或澄清意思。我们的研究结果证实,手势的使用是不同的,这取决于标记的功能。在中间的声音中,“se”标志着高水平的主体参与和/或能量与相关的手势同时出现,而在中间的声音或非个人结构中,参与和/或能量较低,如果有的话,更多地与不相关的手势同时出现。
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期刊介绍: Cognitive Linguistics presents a forum for linguistic research of all kinds on the interaction between language and cognition. The journal focuses on language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information. Cognitive Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope and seeks to publish only works that represent a significant advancement to the theory or methods of cognitive linguistics, or that present an unknown or understudied phenomenon. Topics the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, cognitive models, metaphor, and imagery); the functional principles of linguistic organization, as illustrated by iconicity; the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics; the experiential background of language-in-use, including the cultural background; the relationship between language and thought, including matters of universality and language specificity.
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