Sep 2026· International Review of Pragmatics· 0 citations· 35 references
Abstract
This article examines the linguistic change undergone by the verb
valer
, which gave rise to the pragmatic marker
vale
(‘ok’). On the one hand, it seeks to identify the context(s) in which the construction was coopted and explore the relational links (Traugott & Trousdale, 2013). On the other, it aims to clarify the process of grammaticalization, with particular emphasis on frequency of use, functional expansion, positions and contexts. The theoretical framework draws on cooptation and subsequent grammaticalization (Kaltenböck et al., 2011; Heine, 2013), as well as the notion of networks from constructionalization (Traugott, 2018). Methodologically, the study combines real-time metalinguistic evidence with both qualitative and statistical analysis of corpus data. The results show that the pragmatic markers
vale
and
¿vale?
derive from the same meaning, yet each was co-opted independently and reanalysed to fulfil a specific function. The evolution of
vale
reveals contextual expansion through the acquisition of new interactive and textual functions, in line with inheritance links among pragmatic markers of agreement.
The aim of the present article is to contribute to the understanding of the process of pragmaticalization. We
analyze discourse markers of the
after all
type in Russian, English, German, Swedish, and Italian. Previous
research has shown that temporal adverbials may develop discursive meanings such as concessive...
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(
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