Multifunctionality of 'aun/aún' and 'todavía' in peninsular Spanish
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https://doi.org/10.14393/DL42-v14n2a2020-10Keywords:
Multifuncionality., Phasality., Focus, Functional Discourse Grammar., Peninsular Spanish.Abstract
This paper provides a description of the multifunctionality of aun/aún and todavía in peninsular Spanish. To do so, the investigation mapps functional and formal properties in order to distinguish different uses of aun/aún and todavía within the Spanish language grammar system. As material for analysis, it is used the database of PRESEEA project (Project for the Sociolinguistic Study of Spanish from Spain and America), focusing on data from Spanish cities. As a framework, it is followed Functional Discourse Grammar model (Hengeveld; Mackenzie, 2008). The results point out four distinct uses of aun/aún and todavía in peninsular Spanish: fasal, polar, emphatic and expansive.
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