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• Alexander Rice (University of Alberta)

dans le cadre DILIS

IMPORTANT: please note that this seminar will start at 3pm instead of 2pm

https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/98894395664?pwd=dkVkVDBiY0NCVVU4V3A0UlZWSGtFQT09

Abstract

This talk is based on a paper that will be presented at ALT14 in Austin. It describes the functions of the filler mashti as used in Northern Pastaza Kichwa [ISO 639-3: qvz], a variety of Amazonian Kichwa (Quechuan, Ecuador-Peru). Using a video corpus of naturalistic language and taking into account multimodal and prosodic signals; I show that mashti has multiple functions. It is used as a hesitation interjection, as a 'whatchamacallit' type placeholder for nominals, and as a resumptive pro-verb which anaphorically reiterates a previously uttered action or event. I propose that multiple functions of mashti are the result of semantic bleaching and a broadening of semantic scope and pragmatic repurposing.