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Vergara Wilson Damián Chase |
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Categorization and constructional change in Spanish expressions of 'becoming' / / Damián Vergara Wilson |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Collana |
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Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics, , 2211-4904 ; ; Volume 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Spanish language - Figures of speech |
Spanish language - Verb |
Spanish language - Adverbs |
Historical linguistics |
Construction grammar |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Revised from author's dissertation "Formulaic language and adjective categories in eight centuries of the Spanish expression of 'becoming' /quedar(se)/ + ADJ", University of New Mexico, 2009. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ‘Becoming’ in Spanish -- 3 Data and Methods -- 4 Overview of quedar(se) + adj through Time -- 5 The solo ‘Alone’ Clusters: Continual Expansion with a Robust Central Member -- 6 The rico / pobre ‘Rich / Poor’ Clusters: The Relationship of Opposites in Category Development -- 7 The alegre / satisfecho ‘Happy / Satisfied’ Clusters: Family Resemblance and Changing Central Members -- 8 Similarity Experiment -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Adjective Clusters and Tables not Analyzed -- Appendix 2: Sources in the qad -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Categorization and Constructional Change Damián Vergara Wilson uses the Spanish change-of-state construction quedar(se) + ADJ to analyze the impact of categorization on constructional change and productivity in data spanning eight centuries. In usage, the appearance of one adjective in the construction triggers the emergence of related |
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