1. PROPUESTA DE ANÁLISIS SINTÁCTICO Y SEMÁNTICO DE LAS ESTRUCTURAS DE ACI EN ESPAÑOL.
- Author
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TORRES, SUSANA AZPIAZU
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INFINITIVAL constructions , *DIRECT object (Grammar) , *SPANISH language , *INFINITIVE (Grammar) , *CAUSATIVE (Linguistics) , *VERBS , *SENTENCES (Grammar) , *SEMANTICS , *SYNTAX (Grammar) - Abstract
In this paper it will be pointed out that the infinitive constructions with perception and causative verbs in Spanish are double object sentences in which each object has a different degree of transitive prototypicity. Functionally, they are to some extent unstable structures which have to hold balance between three different forces: subject, object and infinitive, with a different way of interaction depending on the eventive structure of the sentence and the verb type. After studying separately perception and causative verbs, a tentative explanation of both verb types in terms of diathesis will be offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2009