{"id":80,"date":"2008-10-30T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elanguage.net\/blogs\/booknotices\/?p=80"},"modified":"2008-10-30T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:39:54","slug":"discourse-markers-in-colombian-spanish-a-study-in-polysemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.linguisticsociety.org\/booknotices\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish: A study in polysemy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" \/><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\" \/><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOKUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOKALE%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"State\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:HyphenationZone>21<\/w:HyphenationZone>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object> \n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0cm; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:NL; \tmso-fareast-language:NL;} @page Section1 \t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt; \tmargin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt; \tmso-header-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Normale Tabelle\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> A study in polysemy. By <strong>Catherine E. Travis<\/strong>. (Cognitive linguistics research.) <st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Berlin<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005. Pp. xiii, 327. ISBN <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/isbn\/3110181614\">3110181614<\/a>. $128 (Hb).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0cm 18pt; text-align: right; line-height: 150%\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Reviewed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuleuven.be\/cv\/u0039310.htm\"><strong>Barbara de Cock<\/strong><\/a>, <em>University of Leuven<\/em><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">In <em>Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish<\/em>, Catherine E. Travis provides an overview of current research on discourse markers, with special attention to Spanish, as well as new insights through the analysis of the polysemy of four Spanish discourse markers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">First, T outlines some basic research questions on discourse markers (Ch. 1) and describes her data set of spontaneous conversation in Colombian Spanish as well as her methods of transcription (Ch. 2). She then provides an exhaustive review of the literature, including research from both the Anglo-Saxon and the Spanish research traditions, and addresses the terminological labyrinth in the field of discourse markers (Ch. 3). In addition to this critical state of the art, the chapter highlights some of the most important prosodic, syntactic, and semantic features of discourse markers. Finally, T briefly introduces the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) approach (which is used in Chs. 4\u20137) in which \u2018meaning is equated with conceptualisation, and with this focus on conceptualisation it fits into the broader arena of cognitive linguistics\u2019 (61).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">These more general chapters are of interest to any linguist in search of a good and critical overview of research on discourse markers. The case studies (Chs. 4\u20137) may appeal to a more limited audience, but in any case they show T\u2019s accurateness in processing both her own corpus data as well as other researchers\u2019 insights and comments. The cases of <em>bueno <\/em>(Ch. 4), <em>o sea <\/em>(Ch. 5), <em>entonces <\/em>(Ch. 6), and <em>pues <\/em>(Ch. 7) are described as follows. First, the author sketches the diachronic development of the discourse markers. She then presents previous research before proceeding to a description of the markers\u2019 different functions, using examples from her corpus data. The NSM definitions of these four discourse markers are also summarized in an appendix. These analyses bring the author to a more general description of discourse markers in terms of multifunctionality\u2014based on semantic and pragmatic information\u2014and polysemy, \u2018a shared component of meaning, or partial semantic invariant, evident across the range of use of the marker\u2019 (288).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">The conclusions summarize the analyses both of the four case studies and of the various theoretical approaches, indicating the main difficulties and the directions for future research. Thus, the volume provides a critical overview of research on discourse markers and opens new paths <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"NL\">for work in this domain<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish: A study in polysemy. By Catherine E. Travis. (Cognitive linguistics research.) Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005. Pp. xiii, 327. ISBN 3110181614. $128 (Hb). Reviewed by Barbara de Cock, University of Leuven In Discourse markers in Colombian Spanish, Catherine E. 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