The paper discusses modal (assertive) functions of GIÀ (Engl. ‘already’) in Sardinian usages (Logudorese, Campidanese and regional Italian), and confronts them to pro-sentential (confirmative) uses of GIÀ in standard Italian. The Sardinian data help to clarify how this temporal-aspectual adverb can develop into a pro-sentential confirmative marker, while both Italian and Sardinian uses show how the prototypically phasal (and anaphoric) nature of GIÀ may be retained even in more (apparently) idiosyncratic “pragmatic” functions. The data seem to question the often too drastically opposed differences between the “semantic” (conventional) and the “pragmatic” (contextual) levels, suggesting a more unitary perspective on grammar and discourse. From a more general point of view, the discussion aims at showing how peripheral and low prestige diatopic varieties may synchronically exhibit a range of not attested, or only fragmentarily attested uses, in the textual history of more standard varieties, thus helping to reconstruct plausible paths of grammaticalization possibly valid as well for other adverbs and textual varieties.

L’avverbio GIÀ da operatore temporale aspettuale a operatore modale di asserzione. Usi preverbali di Sardegna (sardo e italiano regionale) vs. usi olofrastici in italiano standard / Calaresu, Emilia Maria. - STAMPA. - (2015), pp. 113-127. (Intervento presentato al convegno Colloque DIA II tenutosi a Copenhague nel 19-21 nov.).

L’avverbio GIÀ da operatore temporale aspettuale a operatore modale di asserzione. Usi preverbali di Sardegna (sardo e italiano regionale) vs. usi olofrastici in italiano standard

CALARESU, Emilia Maria
2015

Abstract

The paper discusses modal (assertive) functions of GIÀ (Engl. ‘already’) in Sardinian usages (Logudorese, Campidanese and regional Italian), and confronts them to pro-sentential (confirmative) uses of GIÀ in standard Italian. The Sardinian data help to clarify how this temporal-aspectual adverb can develop into a pro-sentential confirmative marker, while both Italian and Sardinian uses show how the prototypically phasal (and anaphoric) nature of GIÀ may be retained even in more (apparently) idiosyncratic “pragmatic” functions. The data seem to question the often too drastically opposed differences between the “semantic” (conventional) and the “pragmatic” (contextual) levels, suggesting a more unitary perspective on grammar and discourse. From a more general point of view, the discussion aims at showing how peripheral and low prestige diatopic varieties may synchronically exhibit a range of not attested, or only fragmentarily attested uses, in the textual history of more standard varieties, thus helping to reconstruct plausible paths of grammaticalization possibly valid as well for other adverbs and textual varieties.
2015
Colloque DIA II
Copenhague
19-21 nov.
113
127
Calaresu, Emilia Maria
L’avverbio GIÀ da operatore temporale aspettuale a operatore modale di asserzione. Usi preverbali di Sardegna (sardo e italiano regionale) vs. usi olofrastici in italiano standard / Calaresu, Emilia Maria. - STAMPA. - (2015), pp. 113-127. (Intervento presentato al convegno Colloque DIA II tenutosi a Copenhague nel 19-21 nov.).
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Calaresu 2015 - L'avverbio GIA da operatore temporale aspettuale (Actes DIA II).pdf

Open access

Descrizione: saggio in volume
Tipologia: Versione pubblicata dall'editore
Dimensione 249.73 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
249.73 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri
Pubblicazioni consigliate

Licenza Creative Commons
I metadati presenti in IRIS UNIMORE sono rilasciati con licenza Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal, mentre i file delle pubblicazioni sono rilasciati con licenza Attribuzione 4.0 Internazionale (CC BY 4.0), salvo diversa indicazione.
In caso di violazione di copyright, contattare Supporto Iris

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11380/1064715
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact