“Ora sí que quién sabe”: Sobre las funciones de ahora sí que como marcador discursivo

Abstract

Our aim is characterizing the pragmatic functions of ahora sí que/orasí que when works as discourse marker. For that end, we start from theoretical framework proposed by Grupo Val.Es.Co. (Briz, 1993; Pons, 2001) and we analyze all 108 interviews of Corpus Sociolingüístico de la Ciudad de México (Martín Butragueño & Lastra, 2011, 2012, 2015). The analysis shows that ahora sí que/orasí que can carry out three functions: (i) mark of pertinency, (ii) exemplifier, and (iii) reformulator. Further, it has been described two secondary values that can accompany to discourse marker: (a) formulation and (b) modalization. The first three functions and secondary value of formulation are compatible with metadiscursive markers that help to speaker to formulate and produce his/ her messages. Meanwhile, secondary value of modalization is compatible with modalizers, related with the way in speaker thinks about his/her own utterance, and with the attitude that he/she assume about it.

Keywords

• pragmatics
• discourse
• discourse markers.