Abstract In this paper, we utilize negative polarity tag questions in order to assess to what extent discourse-pragmatic variables are susceptible to language contact induced changes. Based on a comparison of forms and functions of negative tags in the varieties spoken by Portuguese-Spanish bilinguals in a community on the Uruguayan-Brazilian border with the one spoken by monolinguals in the Uruguayan capital, we aimed at assessing to what extent any differences in this variable behavior may be affected by contact with Portuguese. Our results indicate that, despite the high permeability of discourse-pragmatic features in contact situations attested in the literature and the presumed tendency for cognate languages to converge, the forms and functions of negative tags in bilingual Spanish did not radically differ from the monolingual variety. We found, instead, an intricate pattern of convergences and divergences that challenges the presupposed assumptions about extreme permeability of cognate discourse pragmatic systems in contact.

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标签问题在语言接触情况下的渗透性

摘要在本文中，我们利用负极性标签问题来评估话语语用变量在多大程度上易受语言接触引起的变化的影响。根据在乌拉圭-巴西边境的一个社区中葡萄牙语-西班牙语双语者所说的品种中否定标签的形式和功能与乌拉圭首都单一语言者所说的品种相比，我们的目的是评估在多大程度上与葡萄牙人接触可能会影响这种可变行为。我们的结果表明，尽管文献中证明了话语语用功能在接触情况中具有较高的渗透性，并且假定同源语言趋于融合，但双语西班牙语中的否定标记的形式和功能与单语种并没有根本不同。