Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax -

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Résumé :
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.

Biographie:
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....

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List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: J.C.Clements & J.Yoon Semantic and Discourse-Pragmatic Factors in Spanish Word Order; B.L.Meirama Continuity and Episodic Structure in Spanish Subject Reference; L.Comajoan Gustar -type verbs; V.V.Rozas Primary and Secondary Object Marking in Spanish; J.C.Clements Direct Objects in Spanish; J.C.Clements Transitivity and the Syntax of Inalienable Possession in Spanish; R.Winters Ser and estar in the Predicate Adjective Construction; J.C.Clements Spanish Adjective Position: Differences Between Written and Spoken Discourse; R.J.File-Muriel Adjective Placement and Noun Semantics in Spanish; M.E.Garc?a-Bayonas 'Juan sali? contento' : Semantic Constraints on Small Clauses in Adjunct Position; J.Yoon Causative hacer and dejar ; C.Ruiz-S?nchez Index