Verbal Periphrases in a Functional Grammar of Spanish

Hella Olbertz

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9783110154023
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110820881
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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Table of contents

• List of tables and figures
• List of abbreviations and symbols
• 0. Introduction
• 1. Some basic concepts of Functional Grammar
• 1.0. Introduction
• 1.1. Basic and derived predicates
• 1.2. Basic and derived terms
• 1.3. Nuclear predications and the typology of SoAs
• 1.4. Semantic, syntactic and pragmatic functions
• 1.5. The hierarchical structure of the clause
• 1.6. Terms, entities and subordination
• 1.7. Expression rules
• 1.8. Two recent proposals: predicates and places
• 1.9. Notational conventions
• 2. The data
• 2.0. Introduction
• 2.1. The corpus
• 2.2. The informants
• 2.3. Matters of presentation
• 3. What are verbal periphrases?
• 3.0. Introduction
• 3.1. Definition and criteria
• 3.2. Preview of chapters 4–6
• 4. Lexical constructions
• 4.0. Introduction
• 4.1. Productive constructions
• 4.2. Non-productive constructions
• 4.3. Summary
• 5. Semi-auxiliary constructions
• 5.0. Introduction
• 5.1. Infinitival constructions
• 5.2. Gerundial constructions
• 5.3. Participial constructions
• 5.4. Summary and discussion
• 6. Periphrastic constructions
• 6.0. Introduction
• 6.1. Infinitival periphrases
• 6.2. Gerundial periphrases
• 6.3. Participial periphrases
• 6.4. Summary and discussion
• 7. The semantics of periphrases
• 7.0. Introduction
• 7.1. Aspect
• 7.2. Modality
• 7.3. Polarity: negation
• 7.4. A hybrid category: Actual Evaluation
• 7.5. Illocution
• 7.6. Summary and discussion
• 8. The syntax of periphrases
• 8.0. Introduction
• 8.1. Periphrastic derived predicates
• 8.2. Periphrastic expressions of π-operators
• 8.3. Conclusion
• 9. Conclusions
• Appendices
• I. The corpus and additional sources of examples
• II. Frequencies of verbal periphrases in the corpus
• III. Glossary of Spanish verbs in analytic constructions
• IV. List of periphrastically expressed π-operators with key examples
• References
• Index of names
• Index of subjects