Part of
Figurativity and Human EcologyEdited by Alexandra Bagasheva, Bozhil Hristov and Nelly Tincheva
[Figurative Thought and Language 17] 2022
► pp. 107–122
This paper aims at studying some syntactic categories in Spanish, namely, atypical subjects and emphatic constructions, in the context of relevant developments in the conceptualization of grammaticalization. The analysis is carried out on the basis of multifaceted and holistic approaches with regard to the dynamic interplay between formal, semantic and pragmatic aspects of Spanish utterances. Attention is drawn to some diachronic and cross-linguistic aspects of the addressed problems. Metaphor and metonymy are regarded as basic ways of grammaticalization.