Expressing Surprise at the Crossroads - Mirativity, Exclamativity and Cooptation in Romance Languages

Expressing Surprise at the Crossroads has as its aim to evaluate the impact of mirativity in Romance languages or -expressed differently- to determine how these languages apprehend surprise and related notions as linguistic devices. The different contributions included in the book point to revealing conclusions concerning the status of surprise in Romance as well as the place that mirativity occupies (if any) in the grammar of these languages. In this vein, the volume tries to answer questions such as to what extent do interactional contexts influence the development of mirative structures or how is the solidarity synchrony / diachrony reflected in mirative constructions.

About the author

Susana Rodríguez Rosique, Alicante, Spain.

Summary

Expressing Surprise at the Crossroads has as its aim to evaluate the impact of mirativity in Romance languages or –expressed differently– to determine how these languages apprehend surprise and related notions as linguistic devices. The different contributions included in the book point to revealing conclusions concerning the status of surprise in Romance as well as the place that mirativity occupies (if any) in the grammar of these languages. In this vein, the volume tries to answer questions such as to what extent do interactional contexts influence the development of mirative structures or how is the solidarity synchrony / diachrony reflected in mirative constructions.

Product details

• Assisted by: Susana Rodriguez Rosique (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2025
• EAN: 9783111386485
• ISBN: 978-3-11-138648-5
• No. of pages: 283
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 20 mm x 237 mm
• Weight: 545 g
• Illustrations: 30 b/w ill., 21 b/w tbl.
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Überraschung, Linguistics, Surprise, Modalität, FOR035000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Creole Languages, Modality, Exclamativity, Mirativität, Insubordination, Mirativity