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Prepositional Clauses in Spanish

A Diachronic and Comparative Syntactic Study

By: Manuel Delicado Cantero

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Prepositional Clauses in Spanish

A Diachronic and Comparative Syntactic Study

By: Manuel Delicado Cantero

This book presents an analysis of Spanish prepositional clauses () - complement and adverbial clauses. The goal is to examine the syntax and evolution of those clauses and their components in Spanish, contrasting them with other European languages. Prepositional argument and adjunct clauses are grammatical in present-day Spanish. However, Medieval Spanish only attests the latter; the former were not frequent until the 16th/17th centuries. Both types are examined in their syntactic evolution and properties, including clausal nominality, argumenthood, nature of prepositions, and optionality. Latin and Portuguese, French, and Italian - both in their present-day and past forms - are studied and compared to Spanish. Likewise, several Germanic languages are surveyed. These languages show variable grammatical degrees of . The comparison reveals aspects which challenge the commonly accepted conclusions about the clausal patterns of each language. This study offers a novel approach to the analysis of Spanish prepositional clauses by looking at its properties and formation not only from within but also in contrast with other languages. It argues for cross-linguistically valid categories and explanations in order to comprehend the properties of human language.

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Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish

By: Patrícia Amaral,Manuel Delicado Cantero

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Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish

By: Patrícia Amaral,Manuel Delicado Cantero

This book explores syntactic and semantic change in three types of construction in Spanish and Portuguese: (i) complex determiner phrases with clausal adjunction (el hecho de, o facto de), (ii) complex prepositions/complementizers and complex connectives (sin embargo de/sem embargo de, so(b) pena de), and (iii) complex predicates containing light verbs (dar consejo/conselho de). While these constructions are syntactically different, they are all clause-taking complex expressions containing a noun followed by the functional preposition de ('of'). This book is the first work to use a systematic comparative corpus study to explore these expressions together; this approach allows individual changes to be distinguished from general changes, as well as emphasizing the chronological clustering of changes that involve complex constructions in both languages. By studying mechanisms of language change and their outcomes in two sister languages, Patrícia Amaral and Manuel Delicado Cantero address questions such as: How do complex constructions evolve? How does the meaning of the noun change when considered in isolation and when compared to the meaning of the whole construction? And how do syntactic categories change over time? This study of two closely-related languages reveals distinct developments occurring in parallel, and provides a crucial test case for theories of language change.

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Oxford University Press

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0192586459

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Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish

By: Patrícia Amaral,Manuel Delicado Cantero

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By: Patrícia Amaral,Manuel Delicado Cantero

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Prepositional Clauses in Spanish

Prepositional Clauses in Spanish

Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish

Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish

Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish

Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish

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