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Discourse pattern replication in South Conchucos Quechua and Andean Spanish

  • Diane M. Hintz
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Language Contact and Change in the Americas
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Abstract

South Conchucos Quechua (SCQ) and Andean Spanish illustrate how discourse-pragmatic patterns of a model language are replicated in the other language of bilinguals. Specifically, patterns involving two tense forms in SCQ are replicated in the Spanish of bilinguals. The SCQ past -r(q)a is used to introduce and conclude segments of talk and to give explanations, while the past that developed from a present perfect -sha is used with the main events of a narrative and to mark surprise. In Andean Spanish, the preterite and the present perfect are used in the same ways as the SCQ -r(q)a and -sha, respectively. Replication of usage patterns often goes undetected, as these two have been, due to the fact that the substance itself is not copied (Mithun 2012: 13).

Abstract

South Conchucos Quechua (SCQ) and Andean Spanish illustrate how discourse-pragmatic patterns of a model language are replicated in the other language of bilinguals. Specifically, patterns involving two tense forms in SCQ are replicated in the Spanish of bilinguals. The SCQ past -r(q)a is used to introduce and conclude segments of talk and to give explanations, while the past that developed from a present perfect -sha is used with the main events of a narrative and to mark surprise. In Andean Spanish, the preterite and the present perfect are used in the same ways as the SCQ -r(q)a and -sha, respectively. Replication of usage patterns often goes undetected, as these two have been, due to the fact that the substance itself is not copied (Mithun 2012: 13).

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Language contact and change in the Americas 1
  5. Part I North America: California
  6. Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan 17
  7. The role of passives in the formation of hierarchical systems in Northern California 33
  8. Assessing the effects of language contact on Northeastern Pomo 67
  9. Synchronic and diachronic accounts of phonological features in Central Chumash languages 91
  10. Part II North America: Athabaskan, Iroquoian, and Uto-Aztecan
  11. Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment 107
  12. “Excorporation” in a Dene (Athabaskan) language 139
  13. Contact and change in Oneida 167
  14. Huron/Wendat interactions with the Seneca language 189
  15. The usual suspects 219
  16. Part III Northern Mexico, Mesoamerica, and South America
  17. Language documentation and historical linguistics 249
  18. The Jakaltek Popti’ noun classifier system 273
  19. Language contact and word structure 297
  20. Auxiliation and typological shift 315
  21. Discourse pattern replication in South Conchucos Quechua and Andean Spanish 339
  22. Part IV The Americas and beyond
  23. Measuring language typicality, with special reference to the Americas 365
  24. Words for ‘dog’ as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas 385
  25. Index 411
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.173.15hin

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Language contact and change in the Americas 1
  5. Part I North America: California
  6. Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan 17
  7. The role of passives in the formation of hierarchical systems in Northern California 33
  8. Assessing the effects of language contact on Northeastern Pomo 67
  9. Synchronic and diachronic accounts of phonological features in Central Chumash languages 91
  10. Part II North America: Athabaskan, Iroquoian, and Uto-Aztecan
  11. Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment 107
  12. “Excorporation” in a Dene (Athabaskan) language 139
  13. Contact and change in Oneida 167
  14. Huron/Wendat interactions with the Seneca language 189
  15. The usual suspects 219
  16. Part III Northern Mexico, Mesoamerica, and South America
  17. Language documentation and historical linguistics 249
  18. The Jakaltek Popti’ noun classifier system 273
  19. Language contact and word structure 297
  20. Auxiliation and typological shift 315
  21. Discourse pattern replication in South Conchucos Quechua and Andean Spanish 339
  22. Part IV The Americas and beyond
  23. Measuring language typicality, with special reference to the Americas 365
  24. Words for ‘dog’ as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas 385
  25. Index 411
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