LAS FUNCIONES DISCURSIVAS DE QUE ESTO (Y) QUE LO OTRO Y SU VALOR INDETERMINADO. UN ESTUDIO EN DATOS DEL ESPAÑOL DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO

Based on data from Spanish of Mexico City, the aim of this study is describing functions of que esto (y) que lo otro as discourse marker and figuring out if it can be considered as a mechanism of vague language or by approximation (Channell; Vigara, Español). Data comes from of three corpora of Spanish of Mexico City which, together, integrate a total of 174 interviews. According to analysis, this discourse marker has three functions: (i) indeterminate enumeration, (ii) indeterminate closure of series, and (iii) replacement of reported speech. Thus, we concluded that que esto (y) que lo otro encodes values which belong to vague language, these values are related with discursive abbreviation, positive politeness, and assertive mitigation, all this thanks to the indeterminate character of this marker.