Pons Bordería, Salvador
"Que" inicial átono como marca de modalidad
PONS BORDERÍA, Salvador. “Que" inicial átono como marca de modalidad”. ELUA. Estudios de Lingüística. N. 17 (2003). ISSN 0212-7636, pp. 531-545
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/6191
DOI: 10.14198/ELUA2003.17.29
ISSN: 0212-7636
Abstract: 
Unstressed que-inital constructions have been traditionally treated as instances of conjunction-headed
structures, preceded or not by an implicit performative verb. In this paper it is argued that such an
explanation runs into problems when gwe-constructions are faced with their interrogative counterparts,
which also show unstressed-initial que.
As an alternative, que is considered a modality marker, whose main function is to show, in these
constructions, the speaker's stance with regard of the proposition. In this light,, a unified account of
interrogative, affirmative and exclamative instances of unstressed que-initial sentences can be provided.
Keywords:Conjunción, Usos sintácticos, Valor modal, Posición inicial, Conectores, Análisis sintáctico, Modalidad, Sintaxis
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Española, Lingüística General y Teoría de la Literatura
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