Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity

by Clements, J. Clancy; Yoon, Jiyoung

• ISBN13: 9781403994066
• ISBN10: 1403994064
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The first usage-based approach of its kind, this volume contains twelve studies on key issues in Spanish syntax: word order, null 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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	ix
Acknowledgements	xii
Notes on the Contributors	xiii
Introduction	1	(6)
J. Clancy Clements
Jiyoung Yoon
Semantic and Discourse-Pragmatic Factors in Spanish Word Order	7	(46)
Belen Lopez Meirama
Continuity and Episodic Structure in Spanish Subject Reference	53	(27)
Llorenc Comajoan
Gustar-Type Verbs	80	(35)
Victoria Vazquez Rozas
Primary and Secondary Object Marking in Spanish	115	(19)
J. Clancy Clements
Null Direct Objects in Spanish	134	(17)
J. Clancy Clements
Transitivity and the Syntax of Inalienable Possession in Spanish	151	(10)
Richard Winters
Ser-estar in the Predicate Adjective Construction	161	(42)
J. Clancy Clements
Spanish Adjective Position: Differences between Written and Spoken Discourse	203	(16)
Richard J. File-Muriel
Adjective Placement and Noun Semantics in Spanish	219	(17)
Mariche Garcia-Bayonas
Transitivity and Spanish Non-Anaphoric se	236	(29)
J. Clancy Clements
`Juan salio contento': Semantic Constraints on Small Clauses in Adjunct Position	265	(13)
Jiyoung Yoon
Causative hacer and dejar	278	(23)
Carmen Ruiz-Sanchez
Index	301