Prepositional Clauses in Spanish

Manuel Delicado Cantero

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2013

Prepositional Clauses in Spanish

A Diachronic and Comparative Syntactic Study

Manuel Delicado Cantero

Volume 12 in the series Studies in Language Change [SLC]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614510628

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This book presents an analysis of Spanish prepositional clauses (< P + CP >) - complement and adverbial clauses. The goal is to examine the syntax and evolution of those clauses and their components in Spanish, contrasting them with other European languages.
Prepositional argument and adjunct clauses are grammatical in present-day Spanish. However, Medieval Spanish only attests the latter; the former were not frequent until the 16th/17th centuries. Both types are examined in their syntactic evolution and properties, including clausal nominality, argumenthood, nature of prepositions, and optionality.
Latin and Portuguese, French, and Italian - both in their present-day and past forms - are studied and compared to Spanish. Likewise, several Germanic languages are surveyed. These languages show variable grammatical degrees of < P + CP >. The comparison reveals aspects which challenge the commonly accepted conclusions about the clausal patterns of each language.
This study offers a novel approach to the analysis of Spanish prepositional clauses by looking at its properties and formation not only from within but also in contrast with other languages. It argues for cross-linguistically valid categories and explanations in order to comprehend the properties of human language.

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Manuel Delicado Cantero, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Hispanic Linguists; Syntacticians; Historical Linguists; General Linguists.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 314
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Tables: 4
Keywords: Historical Linguistics; Spanish; Prepositional Clauses

eBook

Published: July 31, 2013
ISBN: 9781614510628

Hardcover

Published: July 17, 2013
ISBN: 9781614510611