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“Querido compadre; no podrá Ud. imajinarse el gram placer que tuvimos al recibir su cariñoza cartita”. Pronoun and noun forms of address in private letters from the Saltpeter Pampa

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Vol. 57 No. 1 (2022)

Abstract

In this article we have described and analyzed the use of pronoun and noun forms of address in a corpus of private letters written in the Saltpeter Pampa at the beginning of the 20 th century. Our analysis integrates different theoretical models that explain the use and variation of address forms according to linguistic, sociopragmatic, discursive and stylistic factors. Our findings show the existence of a tripartite pronoun system including usted, tú and vos, which coappear with noun adress forms integrated as deictic anchorage, and as reinforcement of the contact and type of relationship between adresser and adressee. Likewise, one of the most salient features in the corpus is pronoun alternation among tú/vos and tú/usted, especially in affective contexts. This interparadigmatic variation could be interpreted as a communicative strategy related with stylistic and emotional factors.

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pronoun address forms, noun address forms, linguistic variation, pronoun alternation, Chilean Spanish, private letters

Author Biographies

Marcela Rivadeneira-Valenzuela, Universidad Arturo Prat

Para correspondencia, dirigirse a: Marcela Rivadeneira-Valenzuela, (mrivaden@unap.cl), Pasaje Agustín Zavala 2878, CP 1110845. Universidad Arturo Prat.

Bárbara Vargas Levio, Centro Educacional Sagrado Corazón

Para correspodencia, dirigirse a: Bárbara Vargas Levio (bvargas@scce.cl), Centro Educacional Sagrado Corazón, Huasco 7147, Lo Espejo, Santiago, CP 9120856, Chile.

Camila Moreno Arancibia, Universidad Arturo Prat

Para correspondencia, dirigirse a: Camila Moreno Arancibia (cammorenoa@estudiantesunap.cl), Universidad Arturo Prat, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Avenida Arturo Prat 2120, Iquique, CP 1110939, Chile.

Tonka Mitrovic Rojas, Universidad Arturo Prat

Para correspondencia, dirigirse a: Tonka Mitrovic Rojas (tmitrovic@estudiantesunap.cl), Universidad Arturo Prat, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Avenida Arturo Prat 2120, Iquique, CP 1110939, Chile.

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Rivadeneira-Valenzuela, M., Vargas Levio, B., Moreno Arancibia, C., & Mitrovic Rojas, T. (2022). “Querido compadre; no podrá Ud. imajinarse el gram placer que tuvimos al recibir su cariñoza cartita”. Pronoun and noun forms of address in private letters from the Saltpeter Pampa. Boletín De Filología, 57(1), pp. 415–444. Retrieved from https://revistaliteratura.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/67564
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Universidad de Chile
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