Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax

Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity

• Author(s): J. Clements, J. Yoon,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 305
• ISBN_10: 0230522688
  ISBN_13: 9780230522688
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation , Foreign Language Study / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / General ,

Description:... The first usage-based approach of its kind, this volume contains twelve studies on key issues in Spanish syntax: word order, arguments, grammatical-relation marking, inalienable possession, ser and estar , adjective placement, small clauses and causatives. The studies are approached within a broad functionalist perspective. The studies strengthen the view that components of grammar intricately interact and that a usage-based approach to analyzing them offers new and insightful perspectives on some stubborn problems.