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Unceta Gomez, LuisAuthor

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August 3, 2018
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Discursive and pragmatic functions of Latin em. Grammaticalization, pragmaticalization… interjectionalization?

Publicated to:Pragmatic Approaches to Latin and Ancient Greek. 63-82 - 2017-09-01 (), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.190.04unc

Authors: Luis Unceta Gómez; Unceta Gomez, Luis

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Abstract

he Latin particle em, mainly attested in Archaic Latin, is the apocopated form of eme, the imperative of the verb emere ‘to take, acquire, purchase’. The traditional understanding of this element has been that of a secondary interjection. This interpretation, however, presents a number of problems that can be traced to the lack of a pragmatic perspective. In a corpus as old as the comedies of Plautus (c. 254–184 bc), em seems completely grammaticalized and paired with procedural meanings. This paper offers an in-depth analysis of the various discursive and pragmatic functions of em, mainly addressee-oriented and used to regulate the communicative exchange, and compares this Latin unit with similar ones in certain modern languages. In this way, this study not only helps us better understand the procedural meanings of this particular unit, but also offers a diachronic perspective of pragmaticalization phenomena.

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  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (UNCETA GOMEZ, LUIS) and Last Author (UNCETA GOMEZ, LUIS).