COURTESY IN THE PHENOMENON OF OMISSION OF YO: ANALYSIS OF THE FILM UNTIL WE FIND OURSELVES AGAIN

Abstract

To deepen the understanding of the use of yo, this study aims to observe the courtesy strategies applied in cases of omission of the deixis represented by the first-person singular pronoun in Spanish, from a sociopragmatic perspective. We adopted a qualitative methodological approach and, as for the objectives, a descriptive analysis. Thus, we describe the data based on the investigations of authors such as Briz (2005), Bravo (2002), Haverkate (1994), Escandell Vidal (1996) and Gomes (2013). Regarding the studies of courtesy and its main concepts, we turn to González (1994), Cantero (1976) and Serrano (2014), specifically in the pragmatic studies on the omission of the pronoun. Considering the research procedure, according to the studies of Bauer, Gaskell and Allum (2002), this study is classified as a sample survey, since the analysis is carried out through the description of the characteristics and linguistic profile of a given community. From the studies and the analysis of the results, we found that the image manifestations that influence the omission for reasons of courtesy include the preservation of autonomy, the protection of faces and attenuation.