The Pragmaticalization and Grammaticalization of the Discourse Marker "Ya'ni" in Persian

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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
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The present study, as a data-based and diachronic one, has been done in order to investigate different types of pragmatic meanings belonging to the discourse marker “ya’ni” on thetical grammar level, and development of these meanings over time (centuries 4 to 14 A.H.). This study is based on Traugott and Dasher’s view (2002) on “subjectification spectrum” (non- subjective > subjective > intersubjective meanings). To collect research data, two literary books from each century were chosen. Then, all the occurrences of “ya’ni” in those books were manually identified. Finally, they were analyzed based on the paper’s analytical framework. The research data show that the discourse marker “ya’ni” acquires new pragmatic meanings such as textual, subjective and intersubjective ones on thetical grammar level, and moves away from its propositional meaning. It indicates that after pragmaticalization and transferring to thetical grammar, this discourse marker acquires new meanings through grammaticalization. The more it moves away from its propositional meaning, the more it is grammaticalized. There is also an order in forming these meanings so that textual meanings are formed at first; then subjective and intersubjective meanings appear in this discourse marker respectively.

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Persian
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Journal of Western Iranian Languages and Dialects, Volume:12 Issue: 45, 2024
Pages:
39 to 58
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  • Amirsaeid Moloodi
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    Assistant Professor Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Shiraz University, University of Shirazu, Shiraz, Iran
    Moloodi، Amirsaeid
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