Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax Lexical Semantics, Discourse
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
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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 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-9406-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-54428-8 ISBN 978-0-230-52268-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230522688
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clements, J. Clancy. Functional approaches to Spanish syntax : lexical semantics, discourse and transitivity / edited by J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Spanish language – Syntax. I. Yoon, Jiyoung. II. Title. PC4361.C54 2005 465—dc22 2005051277 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06
This book is dedicated to the memory of Clements’ teacher Eugenio Coseriu
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Contents List of Tables and Figures
ix
Acknowledgements
xii
Notes on the Contributors
xiii
1
Introduction J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon
2
Semantic and Discourse-Pragmatic Factors in Spanish Word Order Belén López Meirama
7
Continuity and Episodic Structure in Spanish Subject Reference Llorenç Comajoan
53
3
1
4
Gustar-Type Verbs Victoria Vázquez Rozas
80
5
Primary and Secondary Object Marking in Spanish J. Clancy Clements
115
6
Null Direct Objects in Spanish J. Clancy Clements
134
7
Transitivity and the
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