Abstract
The present study introduces the different uses and values of the Spanish pues (‘cos, well’) in children speech. Our aim is carrying out a descriptive analysis about the emergence and main functions of pues in early child language, as well as proposing a system of categories that can be used to its codification. Following an observational approach, we have examined the spontaneous speech of ten Spanish-speaking children (aged 2;0-4;0), and have tracked the uses of pues over a period of twelve months. We have used transcripts that belong to the Koine Corpus, included in the international CHILDES database. The study conducted shows that pues scarcely appears at preschool age, occurring approximately at age 3;0 constricted to pragmatic functions.
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