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Uso del componente deíctico en las fórmulas narrativas del Cantar de Mio Cid
Use of the deictic component in the narrative formulae of the Cantar de Mio Cid

Author(s): Łukasz Berger
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Cantar de Mio Cid; Spanish epic; deixis; narrative formulae; juglar; performance

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we examine the narrative formulae of the Cantar de Mio Cid (CMC) in order to trace phenomena of the transposition of the original deictic reference they include. As a result, it is argued that the formulae used by the narrator of the CMC may have a phatic function as they absorb the perspective of the addressee: either by a centripetal or a centrifugal movements of the narration. Uso del componente deíctico en las fórmulas narrativas del Cantar de Mio Cid 21 Moreover some expressions seem to serve (intratextually) to organize the informational pattern of the plot by enhancing the epic text with an additional meaning. Finally, it is concluded that the analysis of the pragmatic component of the CMC may add some new insights for its literary, linguistic and textual construction.

  • Issue Year: 14/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 11-21
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Spanish