Novedad =?iso-8859-1?Q?bibliogr=E1fica?=: CACOULLOS, R. Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact. A study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions. Amsterdam: John Benjamins

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                         Novedad bibliográfica:
    Rena TORRES CACOULLOS. 2000. Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation,
and Language Contact. A study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Studies in Language Companion Series 52; US
& Canada: 1 55619 938 4 / USD 79.00; rest of world: 90 272 3055 2 / NLG
158.00)
              De: Paul Peranteau mailto:paul at benjamins.com
                Información difundida por LINGUIST List:
            http://linguistlist.org/issues/11/11-2320.html#2
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    This study of Old Spanish and present-day Mexico and New Mexico data
develops a grammaticization account of variation in progressive
constructions. Diachronic changes in cooccurrence patterns show that
grammaticization involves reductive change driven by frequency
increases.

    Formal reduction results in the emergence of auxilliary-plus-gerund
sequences as fused units. Semantically, the constructions originate as
spatial expressions; their grammaticization involves gradual loss of
locative features of meaning. Semantic generalization among parallel
evolutionary paths results in the competition among different
constructions in the domain of progressive aspect. Patterns of
synchronic variation follow from both the retention of meaning
differences and the routinization of frequent collocations, as well as
sociolinguistic factors. Register considerations turn out to be crucial
in evaluating the effects of language contact. Purported changes in
Spanish - English bilingual varieties are largely a feature of oral,
informal language rather than a manifestation of convergence.


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