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The particle pues has received special attention from studies on conversational discourse markers since it has great polyfunctionality. This paper describes the pragmatic functions of the discursive marker pues found in the PRESEEA-Cali corpus and contrasts the results with other studies on pues in other varieties of speech in Colombia and other countries. We analyzed 2262 samples of pues from 36 sociolinguistic interviews. The results reveal that pues is a polyfunctional marker that is present in all types of discourse, that it has two main pragmatic functions, a total of 10 subfunctions, and of these, the most frequent are those of delaying the discourse, the commentator, and the continuative. Although the functions and subfunctions found had already been reported for pues in other Spanish-speaking communities, so the Caleño-speaking1 community does not seem to make particular use of this marker, a contrastive analysis with published results on the use of this marker in Medellín and Santiago de Chile shows similar patterns in terms of functions and frequencies with the first variety and differences with respect to the second. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research on the use of pronominal treatment forms in Cali, Colombia, seeks to describe the distribution of their use in relation to sex, age, educational level, and socioeconomic stratum variables; establish if these variables are significant in the choice of the pronominal form according to the link with the interlocutor; determine if the results indicate a trend of distance or solidarity treatment; and contrast the results with other Colombian studies on this topic. Data were collected through adaptation of the sociolinguistic questionnaire proposed by PRESEEA. In total, responses of 72 informants were obtained on the choice of pronominal treatment forms according to the relationship with the interlocutor. A descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was applied to these data, that showed, among others, that in Cali the use of the formal you (usted), prevails over the informal ones (vos and tú), which indicates a tendency towards distancing courtesy; however, the courtesy of solidarity is promoted by the younger generations, the high educational levels and the middle socioeconomic strata; sex as variable is significant in the choice of the treatment form according to the sex of the interlocutor and in non-family relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]