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On the grammaticalization and (inter)subjectivity of Spanish evidential (semi-)auxiliaries KU Leuven
Speaker commitment: back to the speaker. Evidence from Spanish alternations KU Leuven
This paper proposes an alternative cognitive account of the notion of speaker commitment in terms of speaker involvement and processing. The focus will be on the role of the speaker as conceptualizer. Invoking conceptualizer-related processing instead of speaker commitment has the advantage of avoiding reliance on non-speaker-related dimensions to determine degrees of speaker commitment for introducing some propositional content. Our theoretical ...
Modals in the Romance languages KU Leuven
Evidentiality and epistemic modality: on the close relationship of two different categories KU Leuven
This paper attempts to explain the terminological and conceptual confusion of evidentiality and epistemic modality. It presents a functionally oriented semantic analysis which does not belong to a specific theoretical framework. It shows that the alleged epistemic speaker commitment of evidential expressions does not come from the specific evidential value or mode of information, but rather boils down to the speaker's and hearer's interpretation ...
On conceptual semantics and discourse functions: The case of Spanish modal adverbs in informal conversation KU Leuven
This paper deals with the conceptual semantics and the discourse functions of Spanish epistemic adverbs and/or adverbial phrases such as quizá, tal vez, a lo mejor, igual, lo mismo 'maybe/perhaps' in informal conversation. The study is based upon the following hypothesis: the best basis for a modal adverb to be 'successful' in spontaneous conversation is having a 'dynamic' semantic profile with an 'instructional' role in speaker-participant ...