Open AccessThe Usage of Spatial Deixis in Spoken Language of Santiago de Cuba. The Case of the Demonstrative Adverb Aquí
Author(s) -
Tania Ulloa Casaña
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
verba hispanica/verba hispanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2350-4250
pISSN - 0353-9660
DOI - 10.4312/vh.26.1.151-164
Subject(s) - deixis , demonstrative , adverb , context (archaeology) , linguistics , issuer , phenomenon , spatial contextual awareness , history , psychology , noun , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , epistemology , archaeology , finance , economics
The present work describes the discursive use in order to characterize how to use the spatial deictic expression here (aquí) using oral samples collected in the city of Santiago de Cuba. Our interest is aimed at exposing not only how this is a specialized way to designate the region next to the issuer, but how it is also possible to use it in other contexts. The expressed pragmatic content turns its use into a phenomenon of great interest that reflects the relationship between language and context in the very structure of languages.