The paper analyzes the demonstratives in the Itinerarium Egeriae using the notion of “engagement”. The analysis of all occurrences of iste, hic, ipse and illeshows that their distribu-tion is motivated by factors related to the Speaker’s presuppo-sitions concerning the accessibility of a referent/state of affairs on the Addressee’s part. On a cline, istepresupposes no shared knowledge, whereas illepresupposes the maximum degree of intersubjective coordination. The latter data contributes to ex-plaining the development of illeinto definite article as a case of intersubjectification.
Late Latin demonstratives as markers of engagement: The Addresses’ role in explaining synchronic distribution and diachronic evolution
Zanchi, Chiara
2021-01-01
Abstract
The paper analyzes the demonstratives in the Itinerarium Egeriae using the notion of “engagement”. The analysis of all occurrences of iste, hic, ipse and illeshows that their distribu-tion is motivated by factors related to the Speaker’s presuppo-sitions concerning the accessibility of a referent/state of affairs on the Addressee’s part. On a cline, istepresupposes no shared knowledge, whereas illepresupposes the maximum degree of intersubjective coordination. The latter data contributes to ex-plaining the development of illeinto definite article as a case of intersubjectification.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
