Errores ortográficos como recursos comunicativos

Abstract

From the cognitive prototypical linguistics viewpoint, it is considered that pragmatic phenomena motivate ways of expression. Our interest is focussed on orthography. Specifically we consider that the subject who knows the resource of written accent, but who, for some reason, does not feel conditioned by the rule, makes use of the strategy of written accent to show emphasis in his message. Borzi y García Jurado (2001) analyzed the relationship between emphasis and written accent in monosyllabic verbs with [ie] (fie). This paper studies in depth the use of written accent on monosyllabic words in order to emphasize one of the following aspects: 1) the presence of the speaker in the message (in the ordering of the scene); 2) certain information (the newest, the piece of information related to the speaker, or to the development of the action). The results of this research may offer an alternative for the design of strategies to facilitate the process of teaching and learning Spanish orthography.