The non-prototypical discourse marker now

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2022-10-24Author
Majhenič, Simona
Rojc, Matej
Mlakar, Izidor
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University of Maribor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
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Prispevek predstavlja kvalitativno študijo primera diskurznega označevalca zdaj, ki je bil doslej proučevan v prozodično nevpeti strukturi oz. kot prototipni diskurzni označevalec. Strukturna, tj. prozodična, analiza kaže, da se diskurzni označevalec zdaj pojavlja tudi v neprototipni obliki. Na podlagi semantične analize, ki jo podpremo s testom parafraziranja in prevajanja, ugotavljamo, da neprototipni zdaj uvaja manjše tematske premike kot njegova prototipna različica in se pojavlja predvsem v vlogi poudarjanja, medtem ko je za prototipni zdaj značilna predvsem vloga strukturiranja diskurza.The present paper presents a qualitative case study of the Slovene discourse marker zdaj (now), which, thus far, has been explored in its prosodically prominent structure or as a prototypical discourse marker. The structural, i.e., the prosodical analysis, highlights that the discourse marker zdaj also manifests in its non-prototypical form. By means of semantic analysis, underpinned by p araphrase a nd t ranslation t ests, we s uggest t hat t he n on-prototypical form signals subtler frame shifts than its prototypical counterpart, and that it primarily functions as an emphasis device, whereas the prototypical zdaj predominately performs discourse structuring functions.
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Majhenič S., Rojc M., & Mlakar I. (2022). The non-prototypical discourse marker now. Slavia Centralis , 15 (2), 27–44. Retrieved from https://journals.um.si/index.php/slaviacentralis/article/view/2446
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