On Certain Light Verbs in Spanish

The Case of TemporalTenerandLlevar

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ID4238322
AuthorsOlga Fernández‐soriano (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Gemma Rigau (0000-0001-5264-2812, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona)
Year2009
Volume12
Issue2
Pages135-157
Publication date2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSyntax (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-0005 • E-ISSN: 1467-9612
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9612.2009.00125.x
OpenAlexW2081903730
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

In this paper we analyze the behavior of some temporal constructions in two varieties of Spanish: those with the verbllevar 'to carry', used in the standard variety, and those withtener 'to have', which are characteristic of some American dialects. Our purpose is twofold: on the one hand, we try to account for the argument structure of these constructions, and on the other, we seek to give an analysis of the aspectual restrictions they show. These restrictions will be related to the fact that both verbs are light verbs incorporating an abstract preposition, allative in the case ofllevarand of central coincidence in the case oftener. The paper constitutes a further application of Hale and Keyser's framework to a new set of data. Some related constructions involving movement verbs will be described and discussed as well

Argument (complex analysis · Coincidence · Linguistics · Statistics · Variety (cybernetics · Verb · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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