Developments in the analysis of linguistic variation show the need for a theoretical model
whereby variants are viewed as cognitively-based communicative choices. In this book, the …

In this paper, we analyze the opinions that appear on the website TripAdvisor as a sample of
the online touristic promotion in the Web 2.0 or Tourism 2.0, from the pragmatic approach of …

The cognitive properties of morphosyntactic choices are at the base of any usage, patterns
and tendencies they could possibly reveal; thus, by means of the cognitive properties of …

The present investigation deals with the variable use of referential devices expressing
generic or speaker-oriented reference in a corpus of sociolinguistic interviews where …

The use of the Spanish pronoun uno is meaningful as it allows for defocusing the agent,
experiencer or initiator of the action. It is assumed to appear in communicative situations in …

Todas las lenguas muestran la capacidad de variar los recursos y posibilidades expresivas
mediante sus gramáticas. El estudio de la variación en sintaxis se ocupa de las sucesiones …

Las perífrasis modales haber que y tener que+ infinitivo poseen un significado modal
inherentemente deóntico. La primera, debido a la imposibilidad de admitir un sujeto …

Abstract In Spanish, tener que and haber que+ infinitive are modal periphrases that convey
deontic meanings. The present investigation analyzes these periphrases as variants used in …

Abstract In Spanish, the second-person singular tú may convey two meanings: the first one
indexes a singular interlocutor or addressee (deictic) and the other one is non-deictic …

This investigation aims to uncover the variation of the Spanish second-person singular
subject pronoun tú 'you. sg'when it displaces its content away from the particular …