Proceso de atenuación y partículas modales en la enseñanza del español en los países germanófonos

In Spanish, like in French, modal particles have emerged from the 19th century onwards. In our contribution, we examine the modal particles ya and si regarding the fulfilment of the definitional criteria of a modal particle. Weaker grammaticalized modal particles show a greater dependence on the cotext and the context as well as stronger contextual and semantic restrictions. Afterwards, we approach the two selected modal particles from a didactic perspective and consider how they can contribute to a successful communication from a pragmatic point of view. Due to their metacommunicative function at the level of illocution, these particles cannot be ignored in foreign-language learning and teaching.