Aznárez-Mauleón, Mónica (2019). La fórmula de rechazo ¡Vete a … ! en español peninsular: una propuesta de análisis desde la Metalengua Semántica Natural (NSM). Sociocultural Pragmatics, 7, 421-444.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/soprag-2019-0008 – Open access
Abstract:
This paper analyses 19 routine formulae from Peninsular Spanish that share the same syntactic pattern (Vete a + noun phrase or Vete a + verb phrase) and are described by dictionaries as expressions of rejection towards the interlocutor. On the basis of previous classifications, these expressions could be considered subjective, affective and attitudinal expressive formulae, because they are used to show the speaker’s attitudes and emotions. However, on the one hand, complex concepts such as affective expression, attitudinal or expression of rejection are not very enlightening when describing this kind of expression to speakers of other languages or to speakers of a different variety of Spanish. On the other hand, given that at least 19 expressions of this kind exist in Peninsular Spanish, it is reasonable to think that there may be some differences of meaning between them. The present study aims to meet these two challenges by applying NSM methodology to the semantic-pragmatic analysis of these units. This paper offers a first approach to this kind of expression through the elaboration of semantic-pragmatic explications of the different groups of formulae that, on the basis of the examples found, have been established in the study.
Rating:
Research carried out in consultation with or under the supervision of one or more experienced NSM practitioners
