USO DE PRONOMBRES DE PRIMERA PERSONA SINGULAR OMITIDOS Y EXPRESOS EN PRODUCCIONES DE APRENDICES DE ESPAÑOL/USE OF NULL AND OVER FIRST PERSON PRONOUN IN ORAL PRODUCTION OF LEANERS OF SPANISH

The objective of the following article is to examine the use of null and overt first-person pronouns by speakers of Spanish. We will focus mainly on identifying the pragmatic patterns of use based on the postulates of Lubbers Quesada and Blackwell (2009). The corpus we researched is made up of 18 or...

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Published in:Literatura y lingüística 2015-01 (31), p.205
Main Author: Cautín-Epifani, Violeta
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Interviews
Person
Pragmatics
Pronouns
Spanish as a second language learning
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Summary:The objective of the following article is to examine the use of null and overt first-person pronouns by speakers of Spanish. We will focus mainly on identifying the pragmatic patterns of use based on the postulates of Lubbers Quesada and Blackwell (2009). The corpus we researched is made up of 18 oral interviews carried out with American students learning Spanish. Our results indicate the preferential use of null pronouns, which agrees with what has been found in previous studies in different contexts (Al-Kasey & Pérez Leroux, 1998; Isabelli, 2004; Liceras, 1989; Lubbers Quesada & Blackwell, 2009). Finally, this investigation verifies the usefulness of pragmatic analysis in Spanish as an additional language studies, since it allows for the more accurate detection of learner needs in terms of the appropriate use of the language.
ISSN:0716-5811
0717-621X