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MORA GUTIERREZ, Juliana de la. QUOTATIVE MARKERS IN ORAL MEXICAN SPANISH. Anu. let. lingüíst. filol. [online]. 2018, vol.6, n.2, pp.145-171.  Epub 06-Dic-2021. ISSN 2448-8224.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.adel.6.2.2018.1521.

The study of quotative markers is one of the most recurrent places for the analysis of language variation and change (Romaine and Lange, 1991; Ferrara and Bell, 1995; Tagliamonte and Hudson, 1999). The constant incursion of innovative forms has been documented in English, Hebrew, German and Japanese (Maschler, 2002; Buchstaller and D'Arcy, 2009; Buchstaller, 2013). Unfortunately, the studies of quotative markers are still scarce in Spanish and are limited to Peninsular and Puerto Rican dialects. In this paper, I present an analysis of the uses and distribution of quotative markers in oral Mexican Spanish. Data was extracted from the Corpus Sociolingüístico de la ciudad de México (Martín and Lastra, 2011). The analysis shows that the most frequent markers are verbs of communication and null forms. It also shows the incursion of new markers, not previously documented in this dialect. Finally, the analysis of the social distribution of the incoming forms suggest that the quotative markers’ system is socially stratified. It is still necessary to establish parameters in real time, however the data from apparent time presented in this paper suggest a change in progress.

Palabras llave : quotatives; direct discourse; Mexican Spanish; Spanish sociolinguistics.

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