Montserrat Martínez Vázquez

List of John Benjamins publications for which Montserrat Martínez Vázquez plays a role.

Articles

Martínez Vázquez, Montserrat 2023 Chapter 10. A constructional analysis of digo yo in peninsular SpanishConstructions in Spanish, Hennecke, Inga and Evelyn Wiesinger (eds.), pp. 255–278 | Chapter
This paper examines the variable functions of the clausal construction digo yo (DY) ‘I say’ in contemporary Peninsular Spanish. A corpus-based analysis shows pendulation between a communicative DY, which introduces past quotes, and a metacommunicative DY, which functions as a comment clause. In… read more
Martínez Vázquez, Montserrat 2015 Satellite-framed patterns in Romance languages: A corpus-based studyLanguages in Contrast 15:2, pp. 181–207 | Article
The present analysis is grounded in the belief that linguists, when describing a language, should aim for a full and comprehensive coverage. Talmy’s (1985, 2000) influential two-way typology, verb-framed vs. satellite-framed patterns, represents the preferred option here for the encoding of motion… read more
Martínez Vázquez, Montserrat 2005 Communicative constructions in English and SpanishThe Dynamics of Language Use: Functional and contrastive perspectives, Butler, Christopher S., María de los Ángeles Gómez González and Susana M. Doval-Suárez (eds.), pp. 79–109 | Article
Martínez Vázquez, Montserrat 1998 Effected Objects in English and SpanishLanguages in Contrast 1:2, pp. 245–264 | Article
This paper examines resulting objects in English and Spanish. Fillmore's (1968) concept of effected object, e.g. He built the table has been extended to include certain resulting objects which are not sub categorized by their verbs: He kicked a hole in the door, She smiled her thanks or They… read more