The first-person singular as an impersonalization mechanism in the PRESEEA-Seville oral corpus
Keywords:
first-person singular, impersonalization, refocusing, defocusing, PRESEEA-Seville
Abstract
The aim of this paper, within the boundaries of the personal deixis, is to analyze the first-person singular as an impersonalization mechanism in a sample of 72 oral semi-controlled interviews, taken from the PRESEEA-Seville corpus. The results show a greater use of this pronominal form as a defocusing mechanism, i.e. with a capacity of generalising, although it can also be used as a refocusing with a reference to a different person than the speaker itself. In any case, there are a series of contextual elements that activate both interpretations, such as the imperfective aspect, the present tense, as well as the conditional, causal and reformulative structures.Downloads
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Published
2020-12-03
How to Cite
León-Castro Gómez, M. (2020). The first-person singular as an impersonalization mechanism in the PRESEEA-Seville oral corpus. Signo & Seña, (36), 161-174. https://doi.org/10.34096/sys.n36.7001
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