Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax: Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity

319 Pages·2006·1.064 MB·English

by  J. Clancy Clements, Jiyoung Yoon (eds.)

Functional Approaches to
Spanish Syntax
Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity
Edited by
J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon
Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax
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Functional Approaches to
Spanish Syntax
Lexical Semantics, Discourse and
Transitivity
Edited by
J. Clancy Clements
Indiana University
and
Jiyoung Yoon
University of North Texas
Editorial matter and selection and Chapter 1 © J.Clancy Clements
and Jiyoung Yoon 2006
Individual chapters © contributors 2006
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Functional approaches to Spanish syntax :lexical semantics,discourse and
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Contents
List of Tables and Figures ix
Acknowledgements xii
Notes on the Contributors xiii
1 Introduction 1
J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon
2 Semantic and Discourse-Pragmatic Factors in Spanish
Word Order 7
Belén López Meirama
3 Continuity and Episodic Structure in Spanish Subject
Reference 53
Llorenç Comajoan
4 Gustar-Type Verbs 80
Victoria Vázquez Rozas
5 Primary and Secondary Object Marking in Spanish 115
J. Clancy Clements
6 Null Direct Objects in Spanish 134
J. Clancy Clements
7 Transitivity and the Syntax of Inalienable Possession
in Spanish 151
Richard Winters
8 Ser-estarin the Predicate Adjective Construction 161
J. Clancy Clements
9 Spanish Adjective Position: Differences between Written and
Spoken Discourse 203
Richard J. File-Muriel
10 Adjective Placement and Noun Semantics in Spanish 219
Mariche García-Bayonas
11 Transitivity and Spanish Non-Anaphoric se 236
J. Clancy Clements
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12 ‘Juan salió contento’: Semantic Constraints on
Small Clauses in Adjunct Position 265
Jiyoung Yoon
13 Causative haceranddejar 278
Carmen Ruiz-Sánchez
Index 301
List of Tables and Figures
Tables
1.1 Component parts of Transitivity 3
1.2 Component parts of individuation 3
2.1 Comparison of semantic differences and syntactic
patterns of prototypically transitive clauses sentences
v. clauses sentences with a gustar-type verb construction 18
2.2 (In)definiteness, (non-)referentiality and topichood 21
2.3 The theme–rheme dichotomy 26
2.4 The overlay between thematic and syntactic structure 29
3.1 Percentage rates of third-person pronouns in different
Spanish varieties 54
3.2 Percentage rates of zero, pronoun, and full NPs in
different Spanish varieties 55
3.3 Nominal devices for topic continuity 56
3.4 Subject nominal devices used in the narratives 60
3.5 Nominal devices to introduce new characters 61
3.6 Nominal devices to introduce same subjects from
previous clauses 61
3.7 Nominal devices to introduce different subjects from
previous clauses 62
3.8 Look-back distance for definite NPs, pronoun, and zero when
they refer to a different subject from the previous clause 63
3.9 Overall hits and misses for the episodic model 63
3.10 Hits and misses for new referents, old referents and
different subjects 64
3.11 Nominal devices in episodes 5 and 6 69
3.12 Nominal devices to introduce continuous subjects in
Spanish, English and Japanese 69
4.1 Degree of topicality in indirect objects 84
4.2 Frequencies and percentages of animate v. inanimate
subjects in two-participant clauses 88
4.3 Frequencies and percentages of clauses functioning
as subject 89
4.4 Frequencies and percentages of preposition and
postposition of subject and indirect object for gustar 97
5.1 Nominative-accusative v. ergative-absolutive marking 117
5.2 Direct–indirect v. primary–secondary object marking 122
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