Machine generated contents note: 4.2.3. The Complexity in the Social Meaning of a dm. 1.1. Discourse Markers (dms) as a Research Object -- 1.1.1. The Terminological Issue: Labels and Concepts -- 1.1.2. The Definitional Issue: Properties of dm s -- 1.1.2.1. Functional Properties: Discourse-Pragmatic Functions and Multifunctionality -- 1.1.2.2. Formal Properties: Autonomy and Fixedness -- 1.1.3. The Categorial Issue: dms as a Word Class -- 1.2. Methodology: Approach, Area and Data of the Research -- 1.2.1. A Functional, Semasiological, and Item-Based Approach -- 1.2.2. The Linguistic Area: Southeastern Sicilian -- 1.2.2.1. Geo-linguistic Aspects -- 1.2.2.2. Sociolinguistic Aspects -- 1.2.3. The Data: Composition of the Corpus and Methods of Collection -- 2. Synchronic Analysis -- 2.1. The Case of ara -- 2.1.1. Lexicographical Sources -- 2.1.2. Functional Properties -- 2.1.2.1. The Emotive Value -- 2.1.2.2. The Conative Value -- 2.1.2.3. The Emotive-Conative Multifunctionality -- 2.1.2.4. The Phatic Value -- 2.1.2.5. The Transition Value -- 2.1.3. Formal Properties -- 2.1.3.1. Autonomy on the Semantic-Syntactic Level -- 2.1.3.2. Autonomy on the Distributional Level -- 2.1.3.3. Autonomy on the Prosodic Level and Morphological Fixedness -- 2.2. The Case of mentri -- 2.2.1. Lexicographical Sources -- 2.2.2. Functional Properties -- 2.2.2.1. Semantic Functions: Temporal Values -- 2.2.2.2. Semantic Functions: Contrast Values -- 2.2.2.3. Discourse-Pragmatic Functions: Textual Values -- 2.2.2.4. Discourse-Pragmatic Functions: Interpersonal Values -- 2.2.3. Formal Properties -- 2.2.3.1. Autonomy on the Semantic-Syntactic Level -- 2.2.3.2. Autonomy on the Distributional Level -- 2.2.3.3. Autonomy on the Prosodic Level and Morphological Fixedness -- 3. Diachronic Analysis -- 3.1. The Evolution of dm s: General Issues -- 3.1.1. The Evolution of dm sin a Non-standard Variety -- 3.1.2. Intersubjectification, Grammaticalization, Pragmaticalization -- 3.1.3. The Evolution ofdms as Coding of Inferences -- 3.2. Reconstructing the Evolution of ard -- 3.2.1. Lexical Source -- 3.2.2. The Role of the Emphatic Particle a -- 3.2.3. From the Semantic to the Discourse-Pragmatic Domain -- 3.2.3.1. The Development of the Conative Value -- 3.2.3.2. Further Developments: The Emotive, Phatic and Transition Value -- 3.2.4. Summary of the Evolution of ara -- 3.3. Reconstructing the Evolution of mentri -- 3.3.1. Temporal Values -- 3.3.1.1. Simultaneity Overlap -- 3.3.1.2. Terminus ad quern -- 3.3.1.3. The Development from terminus ad quern to Causal Value -- 3.3.2. The Development of Contrast Values -- 3.3.2.1. Oppositional and Counterexpectational Values -- 3.3.2.2. Syntactic Change: Increase in Scope and Positional Autonomy -- 3.3.3. The Development of Discourse-Pragmatic Values -- 3.3.3.1. The Evolution from Contrast to Discourse-Marking -- 3.3.4. Summary of the Evolution of mentri -- 4. Sociolinguistic Analysis -- 4.1. DMS and Language Contact in the Repertoire -- 4.1.1. The Direction of Contact: Sicilian dms in Bilingual Discourse -- 4.1.2. The Typology of Contact: Borrowing and Code-Switching -- 4.1.2.1. Ara in Italian-Sicilian Code-Switching -- 4.1.2.2. Ara as Borrowing in Sicilian Regional Italian -- 4.1.3. The Typology of Contact: Borrowing and Interference -- 4.1.3.1. Mentre as a Case of Contact-Induced Pragmaticalization -- 4.1.4. The Motivation of Contact: a Functional Approach -- 4.1.4.1. The Social Motivation -- 4.1.4.2. The Cognitive Motivation -- 4.1.4.3. The Complexity in Language Contact Affecting Sicilian DMS -- 4.2. DMS and Social Meaning in the Speech Community -- 4.2.1. The Discourse-Pragmatic Variability of ark -- 4.2.1.1. Discourse-Pragmatic Variability as Semasiological Variation -- 4.2.2. The Socio-symbolic Value of ara -- 4.2.2.1. Ara in the Public Sphere -- 4.2.2.2. Ara in the Linguistic Landscape -- 4.2.3. The Complexity in the Social Meaning of a dm.
Summary:
"When I entered her shop, my friend turned to me and said: "Arà, che si dice?" ('Hey there, how you doing?'). This was not a full-fledged sentence in Italian, as she had thrown a little Sicilian word in - arà. It was a greeting, of course, but also a way of expressing her surprise at seeing me there, and a way of prompting me to start our conversation. The fact she used Sicilian had a clear meaning too: the vernacular indicates a shared social identity. In a nutshell, this book analyses the cases of Sicilian arà and mentri to understand the complexity of discourse markers: what functions they perform, how they evolve historically, and what their social meaning is in a bilingual speech community"-- Provided by publisher.
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