1. Introduction.
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Gumiel-Molina, Silvia and Pérez-Jiménez, Isabel
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VARIATION in language , *HISTORICAL linguistics , *SYNCHRONIC linguistics , *NATIVE language , *ROMANCE languages , *LANGUAGE acquisition - Abstract
The article "Introduction" discusses the special issue of the journal Spanish in Context, which focuses on the study of copulas and copular sentences in Spanish and beyond. The article highlights the theoretical and empirical research being conducted on the properties of copulas, including their syntactic-semantic and pragmatic differences, as well as their variation across languages and varieties. The special issue aims to contribute to the ongoing debates and provide new insights based on naturalistic data and experimental studies. The article also mentions specific papers included in the special issue that explore topics such as the pragmatic meaning of estar-copular sentences, the acquisition of estar in L2 Spanish, the behavior of aesthetic adjectives in estar sentences, and the diachronic changes in the use of estar. Additionally, the article discusses the relevance of aspectual notions and the role of syntactic variation in explaining copula selection. Finally, the article mentions a comparative study of copulas in Spanish and other non-Romance languages, which supports the idea that non-verbal predication can be accounted for based on a finite inventory of features. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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