La doble vida de su merced en América entre los siglos XVI y XIX
This research explores the history of the originally Iberian honorific title su merced, currently used by millions of Spanish speakers in the Americas. The paper summarises the results of an analysis of 983 occurrences extracted from a corpus of documents written in the Americas between the 16th and...
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| Format: | Online |
| Langue: | espagnol |
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El Colegio de México
2019
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| Accès en ligne: | https://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/nrfh/article/view/3584 |
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Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica |
| Résumé: | This research explores the history of the originally Iberian honorific title su merced, currently used by millions of Spanish speakers in the Americas. The paper summarises the results of an analysis of 983 occurrences extracted from a corpus of documents written in the Americas between the 16th and the 19th centuries. The study connects discursive traditions with linguistic change and describes the syntax of su merced. It shows that su merced had two parallel developments in two clearly differentiated communicative practices: in the institutional and the interpersonal spheres. In the institutional sphere su merced has disappeared, while in the interpersonal sphere, it is linked to current usage. |
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