Inclusive Readings of the Spanish Pronoun «Uno» (‘One’): Grammatical and Pragmatic Properties
ABSTRACT: The third person indefinite pronoun «uno» ‘someone’ has readings in which it includes the speaker, and is similar to the pronoun «yo» (‘I’) (a first person definite pronoun). What factors allow a third person indefinite pronoun to refer to the speaker has not been thoroughly investigated f...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/114074 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114074 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 811.134.2’36 Pronoun «uno» Person Evidentiality Genericity Intersubjectivity Speaker concealment Pronombre «uno» Persona Evidencialidad Genericidad Intersubjetividad Encubrimiento del hablante Lengua española Lingüística 57 Lingüística 5505.10 Filología |
| Sumario: | ABSTRACT: The third person indefinite pronoun «uno» ‘someone’ has readings in which it includes the speaker, and is similar to the pronoun «yo» (‘I’) (a first person definite pronoun). What factors allow a third person indefinite pronoun to refer to the speaker has not been thoroughly investigated from a grammatical point of view. Our first objective is to study the contexts in which reference to the first person is possible (so-called «arbitrary» and «concealing» uses of «one»). Our second objective is to articulate a proposal that explains the inclusion of the speaker in both cases. We hypothesize that in the arbitrary use the speaker’s inclusion derives from a pragmatic inference, while in the concealing reading «uno» behaves as a definite pronoun. We will investigate why the speaker chooses «uno» (‘one’) instead of «yo» (‘I’) to refer to himself/herself, and how grammar and pragmatics interact to convey subjectivity. Our third goal is to explain the inclusive uses of «uno» from the notions of «evidentiality» and «intersubjectivity». The pronoun «uno» gives clues about the source of information expressed by the proposition (personal experience or general knowledge) and about the access to the information (unshared/shared information). |
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