Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)

In current-day Catalan, the verb témer (‘to fear’) has an intersubjective value, together with a lexical and epistemic/evidential value. It is used as a strategy of negative politeness in contexts where an apology is made or information that the speaker anticipates will displease or contradict the h...

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Autor principal:	Jordi M. Antolí Martínez
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2020
Materias:	Catalan language diachronic linguistics (inter)subjectification politeness pragmatics témer (‘to fear’) Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:abbab9556a43414b8dbf68e0e6640f7f2021-11-27T10:46:10ZSubjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)10.5565/rev/catjl.3171695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/abbab9556a43414b8dbf68e0e6640f7f2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/317https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719In current-day Catalan, the verb témer (‘to fear’) has an intersubjective value, together with a lexical and epistemic/evidential value. It is used as a strategy of negative politeness in contexts where an apology is made or information that the speaker anticipates will displease or contradict the hearer/reader. However, this value is not exclusive to Catalan and has been observed and studied in diachrony in other languages, especially English. Based on previous studies, this paper aims to describe and explain the process of change whereby the verb témer (‘to fear’) and other synonymous idioms (haver/tenir por/paor/temor) will develop an intersubjective value in Catalan, in a process that will end during the nineteenth century. This research is based on the analysis of data from computerized textual corpora of old, modern and contemporary Catalan. The data obtained have been analyzed qualitatively – in contrast to the evolution described for English (especially in Mazzon’s 2012 study) – using the concept of (inter)subjectivation by E. C. Traugott (Traugott & Dasher 2001; Traugott 2010)Jordi M. Antolí MartínezUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleCatalan languagediachronic linguistics(inter)subjectificationpolitenesspragmaticstémer (‘to fear’)Philology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics (2020)
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topic	Catalan language diachronic linguistics (inter)subjectification politeness pragmatics témer (‘to fear’) Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Catalan language diachronic linguistics (inter)subjectification politeness pragmatics témer (‘to fear’) Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Jordi M. Antolí Martínez Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)
description	In current-day Catalan, the verb témer (‘to fear’) has an intersubjective value, together with a lexical and epistemic/evidential value. It is used as a strategy of negative politeness in contexts where an apology is made or information that the speaker anticipates will displease or contradict the hearer/reader. However, this value is not exclusive to Catalan and has been observed and studied in diachrony in other languages, especially English. Based on previous studies, this paper aims to describe and explain the process of change whereby the verb témer (‘to fear’) and other synonymous idioms (haver/tenir por/paor/temor) will develop an intersubjective value in Catalan, in a process that will end during the nineteenth century. This research is based on the analysis of data from computerized textual corpora of old, modern and contemporary Catalan. The data obtained have been analyzed qualitatively – in contrast to the evolution described for English (especially in Mazzon’s 2012 study) – using the concept of (inter)subjectivation by E. C. Traugott (Traugott & Dasher 2001; Traugott 2010)
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title	Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)
title_short	Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)
title_full	Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)
title_fullStr	Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)
title_full_unstemmed	Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)
title_sort	subjectivization and intersubjectivization in the evolution of the verb “témer” in catalan (13th-19th c.)
publisher	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
publishDate	2020
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Subjectivization and Intersubjectivization in the Evolution of the Verb “Témer” in Catalan (13th-19th c.)

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