Author : Manuel Delicado Cantero
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Spanish language
ISBN :
This dissertation contributes to the understanding of the syntax of Spanish prepositional finite clauses by looking at it from within and from a comparative perspective. It points out the need for crosslinguistically valid categories and explanations to comprehend the properties of human language.
Author : Manuel Delicado Cantero
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1614510628
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.
Author : Jos Hallebeek
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789051833218
Author : Jos Hallebeek
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 900465352X
Author : Alice C. Harris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 13,76 MB
Release : 1995-09-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521478816
In this major new work Alice Harris and Lyle Campbell set out to establish a general framework for the investigation of linguistic change. Systematic cross-linguistic comparison of syntactic change across a wide variety of languages is used to construct hypotheses about the universals and limits of language change more generally. In particular, the authors seek to move closer towards describing the range of causes of syntactic change to develop an understanding of the mechanisms of syntactic change, and to provide an understanding of why some languages undergo certain changes and not others. The authors draw on languages as diverse as Pipil and French, Georgian and Estonian, and the data presented is one of the book's great strengths. Rigor and precision are combined here with a great breadth of scholarship to produce a unique resource for the study of linguistic change, which will be of use to scholars and students alike.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 27,55 MB
Release : 2009-06
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN :
Author : Ian E. Mackenzie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,51 MB
Release : 2019-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3030105679
This book offers an original account of the dynamics of syntactic change and the evolving structure of Old Spanish that combines rigorous manuscript-based investigation, quantitative analysis and a syntactic approach grounded in Minimalist thinking. Its analysis of both successful and failed changes demonstrates the degree of unpredictability caused by the interaction of competing factors and will shed fresh light on the assumed unidirectionality of linguistic change. Importantly, it reveals that Old Spanish and modern Spanish are more similar to one another than is usually supposed and demonstrates that many of the differences between the two varieties are quantitative rather than qualitative. This theoretically sophisticated examination of historical corpora will provide an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Old and modern Spanish, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and syntax.
Author : Karen Zagona
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 15,6 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521576840
A clear and well-organised introduction to Spanish syntax, assuming no prior knowledge of current theory.
Author : Yolanda R. Solé
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 10,87 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Spanish language
ISBN :
Author : J. P. Howard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 33,75 MB
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1107693969
Originally published in 1927, this book was written to provide students with some experience of Spanish with a guide to elements of syntax and composition. A selection of Spanish prose writing translated into English is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Spanish, linguistics and the history of education.
