Diachrony and neology: semantic change, subjectivization and the representation of thinking. The meaning of the Catalan verb "esmar", from ‘setting the price of’ to ‘inferring’ and ‘imagining’ and beyond

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  • Josep Martines Universitat d'Alacant

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https://doi.org/10.7203/caplletra.59.6909

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Diachronic semantics, inference, subjectivization, evidentiality, pragmatics, semantic change

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Abstract: The study of neology is inextricably linked with the study of language change and, therefore, with diachrony. The aim of this paper is to describe the semantic change process undergone by the Catalan verb esmar, which is the etymological form of the Latin verb *ADAESTIMARE, parallel to the Latinism estimar. This research is corpus-based, using large corpora along with other manually processed materials. The concepts of subjectivation and inferences according to the Invited Inference Theory of Semantic Change (IITSC) have been applied to these materials.

Key words: Diachronic semantics, inference, subjectivization, evidentiality, pragmatics, semantic change.

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2015-10-20

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Martines, J. (2015). Diachrony and neology: semantic change, subjectivization and the representation of thinking. The meaning of the Catalan verb "esmar", from ‘setting the price of’ to ‘inferring’ and ‘imagining’ and beyond. Caplletra. Revista Internacional De Filologia, (59), 221–248. https://doi.org/10.7203/caplletra.59.6909
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Caplletra 59 (Tardor 2015)

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