Chapter 2
On the pragmatic development of modal particles in
Navarrese-Lapurdian Basque
Hori emain ote nauzu?
The grammaticalisation of modal particles has
mainly been focused on their source and historical development. This
article deals with the ongoing pragmatic extension of the epistemic
particle ote in the Navarrese-Lapurdian dialect.
When used in questions, this particle has traditionally expressed
that the speaker believes that none of the potential denoted
responses will have the necessary strength of commitment and,
therefore, no answer is expected. Based on the fact that questions
containing ote are felt as less direct and that the
particle minimises the interrogative force, speakers of such dialect
have reinterpreted the use of ote as a resource to
reduce the expectancy and directiveness of information seeking
questions where the speakers hope to receive a response.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Some basic notions on question formation and modal particles in
Basque
- 3.The modal particle ote
: Its general contribution
- 4.On the literature of pragmatic change regarding modal
particles
- 4.1The grammaticalization of modal particles into question
particles
- 4.2The use of modal particles to minimize the interrogative
strength
- 5.Pragmatic microvariation on Navarrese-Lapurdian
- 6.Conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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Consulted corpora
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