The nineteenth century has received little critical attention in the history of the Spanish language,
both in terms of vocabulary and in terms of morphosyntax. Research on discourse markers is
no exception because the study of other periods such as the Golden age and the Medieval age
have been privileged. With the objective of partially covering these lacunae, we offer an analysis
of a discourse marker subtype, the consecutive connectors, in colonial documents from the Audiencia
of Quito. Our aim is to show, through a concrete analysis, the relevance of the nineteenth
century for the historical study of these units.