Abstract
This paper attempts to analyze the way in which the semantic configuration of a lexical form determines de pragmatic senses developed in discourse. The proposal is exemplified by the analysis of two radically different syntactic forms, the adjective claro and the preposition-connector según. The analysis shows that the pragmatic behavior of these unrelated forms is determined and restricted by the schematic semantic representation of the base form. Following Langacker (1985, 1990) it is proposed that a process of subjectification via semantic bleaching involves an increasing loss of semantic features which involve an equally increasing degree of participation of the conceptualizer in the constitution of different types of pragmatic senses.
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