The polyfunctionality of 'doch' in conversation: an information-structural approach through a model of discourse segmentation
Abstract
This paper analyses the characteristic functions of doch in conversation by making use of the Val.Es.Co. model of discourse segmentation. It offers an alternative to the traditional ways to explain the polyfunctionality of this lexeme, which are based on grammatical criteria and neglect its role in the construction and organisation of discourse. In order to carry out the research, 500 fragments of fictive dialogues extracted from the parallel German-Spanish corpus PaGeS were examined. The results obtained make it possible to identify the link between the representative functions of doch and its different positions in the structure of the conversation. Furthermore, they show that doch is not only a polyfunctional lexeme that can operate at different levels of text construction, but it can also perform several of its functions simultaneously.
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