¿QUÉ HAY ENTRE EL CONTROL Y LA REESTRUCTURACIÓN? SOBRE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN <PONER ALGO ~ A ALGUIEN A + INFINITIVO.

This paper aims to shed light on the key semantic and syntactic aspects of an understudied Spanish construction, <poner algo ~ a alguien a + infinitivo> («to put something ~ someone to + infinitive»). It will be argued that the preposition a plays a crucial role in determining its causative semantics and its aspectual restrictions (inchoativity); furthermore, a syntactic analysis will be developed in order to explain its hybrid properties, between control and restructuring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]