LLORENÇ COMAJOAN is Assistant Professor of Spanish, Middlebury College, USARICHARD J. FILE-MURIEL is in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, USAMARICHE EUGENIA GARCÍA-BAYONAS is Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USABELÉN LÓPEZ MEIRAMA is a Professor of Spanish, Universidad de Santiago, Galicia, SpainCARMEN RUIZ-SÁNCHEZ is in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, USAVICTORIA VÁZQUEZ ROZAS is a Professor in the Department of Spanish, Universidad de Santiago, Galicia, SpainRICHARD WINTERS is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana, La Fayette, USA
The first usage-based approach of its kind, this volume contains twelve studies on key issues in Spanish syntax: word order, arguments, grammatical-relation marking, inalienable possession, ser and estar , adjective placement, small clauses and causatives. The studies are approached within a broad functionalist perspective. The studies strengthen the view that components of grammar intricately interact and that a usage-based approach to analyzing them offers new and insightful perspectives on some stubborn problems.
List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: J.C.Clements & J.Yoon Semantic and Discourse-Pragmatic Factors in Spanish Word Order; B.L.Meirama Continuity and Episodic Structure in Spanish Subject Reference; L.Comajoan Gustar -type verbs; V.V.Rozas Primary and Secondary Object Marking in Spanish; J.C.Clements Direct Objects in Spanish; J.C.Clements Transitivity and the Syntax of Inalienable Possession in Spanish; R.Winters Ser and estar in the Predicate Adjective Construction; J.C.Clements Spanish Adjective Position: Differences Between Written and Spoken Discourse; R.J.File-Muriel Adjective Placement and Noun Semantics in Spanish; M.E.García-Bayonas 'Juan salió contento' : Semantic Constraints on Small Clauses in Adjunct Position; J.Yoon Causative hacer and dejar ; C.Ruiz-Sánchez Index
Über den Autor
LLORENÇ COMAJOAN is Assistant Professor of Spanish, Middlebury College, USAnRICHARD J. FILE-MURIEL is in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, USAnMARICHE EUGENIA GARCÍA-BAYONAS is Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USAnBELÉN LÓPEZ MEIRAMA is a Professor of Spanish, Universidad de Santiago, Galicia, SpainnCARMEN RUIZ-SÁNCHEZ is in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, USAnVICTORIA VÁZQUEZ ROZAS is a Professor in the Department of Spanish, Universidad de Santiago, Galicia, SpainnRICHARD WINTERS is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana, La Fayette, USA
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: J.C.Clements & J.Yoon Semantic and Discourse-Pragmatic Factors in Spanish Word Order; B.L.Meirama Continuity and Episodic Structure in Spanish Subject Reference; L.Comajoan Gustar -type verbs; V.V.Rozas Primary and Secondary Object Marking in Spanish; J.C.Clements Direct Objects in Spanish; J.C.Clements Transitivity and the Syntax of Inalienable Possession in Spanish; R.Winters Ser and estar in the Predicate Adjective Construction; J.C.Clements Spanish Adjective Position: Differences Between Written and Spoken Discourse; R.J.File-Muriel Adjective Placement and Noun Semantics in Spanish; M.E.García-Bayonas 'Juan salió contento' : Semantic Constraints on Small Clauses in Adjunct Position; J.Yoon Causative hacer and dejar ; C.Ruiz-Sánchez Index
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The first usage-based approach of its kind, this volume contains twelve studies on key issues in Spanish syntax: word order, arguments, grammatical-relation marking, inalienable possession, ser and estar , adjective placement, small clauses and causatives. The studies are approached within a broad functionalist perspective. The studies strengthen the view that components of grammar intricately interact and that a usage-based approach to analyzing them offers new and insightful perspectives on some stubborn problems.
The topics covered relate to important trends in current research and should therefore be of interest not only to researchers in Spanish language but to those interested more widely in grammar and syntax and the intersections of grammar
The contributions offer new perspectives on an array of old and stubborn problems
No comparable book exists - the first in English to approach the field from a usage-based perspective
Coherence in that the majority of contributions adopt Transitivity Hypothesis as a theoretical framework
