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Nuestro objetivo es analizar el tratamiento de las perífrasis verbales en un corpus de gramáticas del español publicadas en Hispanoamérica y en España durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Para ello, comprobaremos, en primer lugar, el tipo de análisis gramatical que estas obras desarrollan desde el punto de vista teórico y, en segundo lugar, mostraremos el objetivo didáctico común que persiguen: la enseñanza de la lengua española a nativos, determinado, en buena medida, por la profesión y los conocimientos de los propios autores. A partir de los datos obtenidos, estableceremos una confrontación con los resultados alcanzados en Martínez-Atienza (2016), donde analizábamos las perífrasis verbales en otro corpus de gramáticas españolas publicadas en España, que contrasta con el presente trabajo, constituido por un corpus de gramáticas españolas publicadas en España y en Hispanoamérica. Demostraremos que la finalidad a la que están destinadas las obras condiciona su contenido y la forma en que este se presenta.

Our objective is to analyze the treatment of verbal periphrases in a corpus of Spanish grammars published in Hispano-America and Spain during the first half of the 20th century. For this, we will check, in the first place, the type of grammatical analysis that these works develop from the theoretical point of view and, secondly, we will show the common didactic objective they pursue: the teaching of the Spanish language to natives, determined, in good measure, by the profession and the knowledge of the authors themselves. From the data obtained, we will establish a comparison with the results achieved in Martínez-Atienza (2016), where we analyzed the verbal periphrasis in another corpus of Spanish grammars published in Spain, which contrasts with the present work, constituted by a corpus of grammars of Spanish published in Spain and in Hispano-America. We will show that the purpose to which the works are intended conditions their content and the way in which it is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article focuses on the evolution of the Spanish verbal periphrasis llegar a + inf (lit. to arrive to + inf) following the theoretical methodology established by Diachronic Construction Grammar. The study proves that llegar a + inf forms a radial category in Spanish in which different, closely connected microconstructions are grouped together. The evolution of the periphrasis begins in the 13th century, with microconstructions that express (i) the ending of a series of previous events, (ii) ability and (iii) achievement. Focusing values were added in the 16th century, and finally, in the 17th century, a construction emerged that expresses possibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the syntactic and semantic properties of the periphrasis . From a semantic point of view, it is usually assumed that this construction denotes imminent future. We offer arguments against this characterization. These arguments are based on several asymmetries between and the periphrasis , which expresses imminent future. Therefore, we defend that does not denote imminent future and, in particular, that it expresses certain preconditions linked with the realization of the event denoted by the infinitive. From a syntactic point of view, we show that is not derived from , through the ellipsis of the adjective listo, although, according to our proposal, the denotation of both constructions are similar. The reason is that when refers to the previous conditions associated with an event, it does not show the behavior of a copulative construction, contrary to what happens with and with a purpose meaning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the emergence and evolution in Spanish of three verbal constructions that share the same form as the Spanish verbal periphrasis for expressing future time, namely, 'to go + inf'. Specifically, those constructions are verbal periphrases expressing the past tense, the completive and focus values. The past periphrasis and the completive one share the same etymology as the future tense periphrasis: a construction in which the verb ir 'to go' expresses an advance in time. The omission of the indication of the place towards which the movement takes us will allow us to stop focusing on a destination in order to envisage the event expressed by the infinitive of the construction. On the other hand, the focus construction constitutes a further evolution of the completive periphrasis. From the 18th century onwards, the distribution of these three periphrases is the same as that of modern Spanish: the past periphrasis has disappeared from the language and the other two are maintained in contexts of communicative proximity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La definición de variables morfosintácticas suele basarse en la identidad de sus variantes en el nivel semántico descriptivo; no obstante, a menudo existen diferencias en los planos del discurso y la cognición. Así, las formas reflexivas del paradigma de los clíticos son elementos que se añaden al lexema verbal para reforzar la concordancia del sujeto con el verbo y generar con ello ciertos significados. Entre ellas destaca la de tercera persona, se, por su versatilidad contextual y la variedad de usos que le ha atribuido la gramática descriptiva. Desde un enfoque funcional-cognitivo, es necesario suponer que tales usos comparten un único núcleo semántico: la noción de que el sujeto se convierte en término de la acción o proceso que describe el verbo. En este trabajo analizaremos la variación sintáctico-semántica de la colocación del clítico se en las perífrasis y otras construcciones pluriverbales (así, Se puede hacer / Puede hacerse). El análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo permite descubrir que la variación formal se halla estrechamente relacionada con el modo en que los hablantes interpretan la escena descrita en una cláusula, y en especial con aspectos como la prominencia y la agentividad del elemento protagonista de esta.The definition of morphosyntactic variables is generally grounded on the sameness of their variants at the descriptive semantic level; however, differences usually exist as to their discursive and cognitive values. Thus reflexive forms in the Spanish clitic paradigm can be seen as devices used to reinforce subject-verb agreement and generate certain meanings in discourse. Third-person se stands out among them due to its contextual versatility and the variety of uses attributed to it by descriptive grammar. However, from a functional-cognitive viewpoint it should be assumed that all such uses share a single semantic core, namely the notion that the subject becomes the endpoint of the action or process described by the verb. In this paper we will analyze syntactic and semantic variability of the position of se when adjoined to periphrases and other verbal compounds (e.g. Se puede hacer / Puede hacerse ‘It can be done’). Quantitative and qualitative analysis will show that formal variation is closely related to the interpretation speakers make of the scene described in a clause, and particularly to aspects such as the salience and agentivity of the main entity in that scene.

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The present article deals with the possible differences in use between the Present Indicative and the present form of the {ESTAR + -NDO} verbal periphrasis in Spanish. For this purpose, their distribution in different utterances will be analysed with the help of the principles of metaoperational grammar (Adamczewski 1978, 1982, 1996). The language samples used will consist in utterances inserted into their discursive context, in order to properly appreciate the role each form will play in the communicative exchange. Our goal is the confirmation of a single operating value for each form, besides the different discursive meaning effects they might generate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to reflect about the relationships between lexicalization and grammaticaiization in the emergence of Spanish verbal periphrases. We will analyse the evolution of three verbal periphrases (venir + a + infinitive, tener + de + infinitive, ir + y + verbal finite group) and we will try to demonstrate that there is a first stage that can be defined as lexicalization in its formation, because three different collocations are formed. In a second step, grammaticaiization takes place, since these collocations evolve to routinized verbal constructions fully productive specialised In expressing modal and temporal values. In this paper we will follow a usage-based approach to language change, combined with the assumptions of the theory of grammaticaiization and with Construction Grammar. We will base our study on data extrated from consulting the RAE corpora (CREA Y CORDE). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the values and behaviours of verbal periphrases in the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold). The first part analyses the main syntactic-semantic characteristics of these periphrastic constructions according to their aspectual, temporal and contextual values. The second part is devoted to the presentation of the structure of the novel, its location in time and space and the narrators and protagonists. The third part is an analysis of verbal periphrases in the novel by Garcia Marquez which aims at demonstrating the important role of these periphrastic structures in the configuration of the novel. The first sentence contains the verbal periphrasis iban a matar which is significant for the further development of events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The definition of morphosyntactic variables is generally grounded on the sameness of their variants at the descriptive semantic level; however, differences usually exist as to their discursive and cognitive values. Thus reflexive forms in the Spanish clitic paradigm can be seen as devices used to reinforce subject-verb agreement and generate certain meanings in discourse. Third-person se stands out among them due to its contextual versatility and the variety of uses attributed to it by descriptive grammar. However, from a functional-cognitive viewpoint it should be assumed that all such uses share a single semantic core, namely the notion that the subject becomes the endpoint of the action or process described by the verb. In this paper we will analyze syntactic and semantic variability of the position of se when adjoined to periphrases and other verbal compounds (e.g. Se puede hacer / Puede hacerse 'It can be done'). Quantitative and qualitative analysis will show that formal variation is closely related to the interpretation speakers make of the scene described in a clause, and particularly to aspects such as the salience and agentivity of the main entity in that scene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]