Chapter published in:
Historical Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July – 4 August 2017Edited by Bridget Drinka
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 350] 2020
► pp. 82–106
‘Liking’ constructions in Spanish
The role of frequency and syntactic stimulus in constructional change
This study examines the diachronic change in
argument structure in Spanish psych-verbs of ‘liking’, with emphasis
on the change from nominative-experiencer gustar
‘to like’ to dative-experiencer gustar. While
previous studies have looked at factors pertaining to frequency and
semantics, this change must also be studied taking into account
certain syntactic factors, and especially the evolution of
prepositional finite clauses introduced by functional prepositions.
Results suggest that the subcategorization properties of the
preposition are grammatically relevant in determining the linguistic
encoding of the arguments of Spanish ‘liking’ constructions. This
study offers an extensive corpus study of ‘liking’ verbs, spanning
the 13th to the 17th centuries, and adopts a constructionist
usage-based view of syntactic productivity.
Keywords: argument structure, complementizers, morpho-syntax, psych-verbs, construction grammar, Spanish language
Published online: 09 July 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.350.05moj
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.350.05moj
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