Grammaticalization in action and beyond

Abstract As a result of the rapid development en plan in contemporary Spanish wide range recent studies have paid attention to grammaticalization process transforming this adverbial locution (meaning ‘in certain way, with purpose’) into pragmatic marker. However, previous research fails capture complex semantic networks and synchronic multifunctionality . The present study takes on polygrammaticalization mechanism describes two main sets clines. first set clines concerns evolution mitigation device; second deals its as an intensifier. Moreover, recently defined discursive cooptation is thoroughly applied for time Spanish. contribution written oral data from different geographical varieties gives support “grammaticalization-cooptation-grammaticalization” hypothesis emergence brand-new marker