Gerunclial periphrasis and causativity in encuadorian highland Spanish from a construcion grammar perspective

Abstract:

This article is an initial analysis of some of the grammaticalization and constructional processes that have taken place in the causative periphrasis mandar+ gerund, which is a common construction used by Ecuadorian Highland Spanish (CAE). Indeed, it is frequent to use statements such as Mary sent/order him/her throwing away of the building (María le mandó sacando del edificio) whose semantic reading corresponds to 'Mary made him leave the building.' This study takes into account changes resulting from language use as well as the effects of Quichua-Spanish contact. Additionally, it is interesting to find that despite the tendency to favor standard-like Spanish, and the explicit negative linguistic attitudes towards the CAE, this periphrasis is quite productive and innovative among Quiteño young CAE-speaking population.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• Gerundial periphrastic constructions
• ECUADOR
• Causative
• Grammaticalization
• Constructionalization
• Quichua-Spanish contact
• Ecuadorian Highland Spanish

Fuente:

scopus