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Carranza, Isolda – 1993
The pragmatic expressions of Argentine Spanish (e.g., "bueno, viste, no? mira") are defined as deictic signals. They are deictic because they indicate elements of the communicative situation: transitions between text segments, conversational roles, or the social relationship between participants. They also signal contextual suppositions…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Inferences, Interpersonal Communication