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Spanish in Context
The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called ... more The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called innovative constructions with estar ‘be estar ’, documented in some American varieties of Spanish. These innovative structures (El poema está bonito ‘The poem is beautiful’) do not compare stages of the subject with respect to an aesthetic property (as would be their meaning in general Spanish), but rather express a perspectivized assertion, linked to the subjective judgment of the speaker about a particular quality. The article explains this pattern of variation on the basis of the work by Gumiel-Molina, Moreno-Quibén and Pérez-Jiménez (2020) and Moreno-Quibén (2022), according to which the classes of adjectives that appear in perspectivized estar-sentences have undergone a process of argument augmentation. Aesthetic adjectives in innovative estar-construction have an experiencer in their argument structure in the varieties of Spanish where this construction is possible. This experience...
Las palabras como unidades lingüísticas, 2020, ISBN 978-84-00-10693-5, págs. 219-244, 2020
This paper analyzes dialectal variation in Spanish regarding the distribution of dimensional and ... more This paper analyzes dialectal variation in Spanish regarding the distribution of dimensional and age adjectives with the copulas ser and estar. An account is provided based on the notions of semantic notions of evaluation and evidentiality and the syntactic notion of experiencer/judge argument.
El presente articulo tiene un doble proposito. Por un lado, recoge los principales modelos sobre ... more El presente articulo tiene un doble proposito. Por un lado, recoge los principales modelos sobre la interfaz lexico-sintaxis que se han propuesto durante las tres ultimas decadas dentro de la linguistica formal. Para ello, repasa tanto los principales trabajos de corte proyeccionista (en especial los trabajos de Levin y Rappaport-Hovav, Jackendoff y Hale y Keyser) como aquellos que se enmarcan dentro de los modelos neo-construccionistas Borer (1995, 2005). Por otro lado, este articulo pretende ofrecer algunas reflexiones sobre la ensenanza de las relaciones entre el lexico y la sintaxis tanto en la Educacion Primaria como en la Educacion Secundaria.
Spanish in Context, Jul 27, 2023
The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called ... more The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called innovative constructions with estar ‘be estar ’, documented in some American varieties of Spanish. These innovative structures (El poema está bonito ‘The poem is beautiful’) do not compare stages of the subject with respect to an aesthetic property (as would be their meaning in general Spanish), but rather express a perspectivized assertion, linked to the subjective judgment of the speaker about a particular quality. The article explains this pattern of variation on the basis of the work by Gumiel-Molina, Moreno-Quibén and Pérez-Jiménez (2020) and Moreno-Quibén (2022), according to which the classes of adjectives that appear in perspectivized estar-sentences have undergone a process of argument augmentation. Aesthetic adjectives in innovative estar-construction have an experiencer in their argument structure in the varieties of Spanish where this construction is possible. This experiencer serves as the basis for establishing the comparison required by estar and ultimately gives rise to the subjective/perspectivized meaning of the copular structure.
ReGrOC. Revista de Gramática Orientada a las Competencias, 2020
Resumen: La enseñanza de la gramática del español como lengua materna en secundaria ha sufrido al... more Resumen: La enseñanza de la gramática del español como lengua materna en secundaria ha sufrido algunos cambios con motivo de las diferentes leyes educativas. Todas ellas comparten, sin embargo, un análisis funcional para el estudio de la gramática que se limita a la identificación de funciones gramaticales. En este artículo tratamos un grupo de sintagmas que producen problemas bajo esta perspectiva: los locativos. A partir de una reflexión sobre cómo han de ser analizados estos sintagmas, proponemos un conjunto de actividades que creemos que contribuyen a desarrollar en los estudiantes la capacidad de reflexión sobre la lengua, así como a incentivar el estudio de la gramática en estas etapas.
TEJUELO. DIDÁCTICA DE LA LENGUA Y LA LITERATURA.EDUCACIÓN, 2021
TEJUELO. DIDÁCTICA DE LA LENGUA Y LA LITERATURA.EDUCACIÓN, 2021
In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally as... more In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally associated to the IL/SL distinction (having to do with their different combination with adverbs quantifying over situations, locative and temporal modifiers, etc.) can be explained without arguing that ser and estar sentences have different event/aspectual/Aktionsart-related properties. Specifically, we claim that in copular sentences with adjectival complements, the different kinds of elements that build up the comparison class needed to evaluate adjectival properties can account for the IL/SL character of the predication (specifically, the IL/SL distinction is linked to the relative/absolute distinction). This proposal, together with the hypothesis that relative adjectives trigger by default an inference of temporal persistence, can account for all the aforementioned differences between ser and estar sentences. We thus claim for an extension of the explanatory value of the stage/level di...
In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally as... more In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally associated to the IL/SL distinction (having to do with their different combination with adverbs quantifying over situations, locative and temporal modifiers, etc.) can be explained without arguing that ser and estar sentences have different event/aspectual/Aktionsart-related properties. Specifically, we claim that in copular sentences with adjectival complements, the different kinds of elements that build up the comparison class needed to evaluate adjectival properties can account for the IL/SL character of the predication (specifically, the IL/SL distinction is linked to the relative/absolute distinction). This proposal, together with the hypothesis that relative adjectives trigger by default an inference of temporal persistence, can account for all the aforementioned differences between ser and estar sentences. We thus claim for an extension of the explanatory value of the stage/level di...
Redele Revista Electronica De Didactica Ele, 2008
Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 2015
1. Ser and estar: Outstanding questions (by Leonetti, Manuel) 2. Ser and estar and aspect 3. More... more 1. Ser and estar: Outstanding questions (by Leonetti, Manuel) 2. Ser and estar and aspect 3. More than a copula: complex predicates with estar and the clitic se (by Garcia Fernandez, Luis) 4. Ser, estar and two different modifiers (by Romeu, Juan) 5. Sentences as predicates: the Spanish construction ser (by Fernandez Leborans, Maria Jesus) 6. Ser and estar beyond aspect 7. The inference of temporal persistence and the individual/stage level distinction: the case of ser vs. estar in Spanish (by Gumiel-Molina, Silvia) 8. Location and the estar/ser alternation (by Zagona, Karen) 9. What do Spanish copulas have in common with Tibetan evidentials? (by Camacho, Jose) 10. On word order in Spanish copular sentences (by Leonetti, Manuel) 11. The extension and loss of copulas 12. Origins and development of adjectival passives in Spanish: a corpus study (by Marco, Cristina) 13. Eventive and stative passives and copula selection in Canadian and American Heritage Speaker Spanish (by Valenzuela, Elena) 14. The development and use of the Spanish copula with adjectives by Korean-speaking learners (by Geeslin, Kimberly L.) 15. Index
Borealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2020
The goal of this paper is to provide both a description and an explanation of the combination of ... more The goal of this paper is to provide both a description and an explanation of the combination of minimizers (ligeramente 'slightly') with gradable adjectives in Spanish. According to Kennedy & McNally (2005) these elements are degree items that are sensitive to the scalar structure of adjectives and are combined with closed scale, minimum standard adjectives. Unexpected combinations, according to this semantics, are considered as cases of coercion. In this paper we propose that minimizers create derived adjectives. They are modifiers of the adjective's granularity, which allow the selection of the standard of comparison to take into account a greater number of degree distinctions. From this proposal, this article shows that unexpected combinations of ligeramente with gradable adjectives, such as un cine ligeramente lleno ‘a slightly crowded cinema’, can be explained without the need to propose that a coercion process takes place.
Spanish in Context
The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called ... more The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called innovative constructions with estar ‘be estar ’, documented in some American varieties of Spanish. These innovative structures (El poema está bonito ‘The poem is beautiful’) do not compare stages of the subject with respect to an aesthetic property (as would be their meaning in general Spanish), but rather express a perspectivized assertion, linked to the subjective judgment of the speaker about a particular quality. The article explains this pattern of variation on the basis of the work by Gumiel-Molina, Moreno-Quibén and Pérez-Jiménez (2020) and Moreno-Quibén (2022), according to which the classes of adjectives that appear in perspectivized estar-sentences have undergone a process of argument augmentation. Aesthetic adjectives in innovative estar-construction have an experiencer in their argument structure in the varieties of Spanish where this construction is possible. This experience...
Las palabras como unidades lingüísticas, 2020, ISBN 978-84-00-10693-5, págs. 219-244, 2020
This paper analyzes dialectal variation in Spanish regarding the distribution of dimensional and ... more This paper analyzes dialectal variation in Spanish regarding the distribution of dimensional and age adjectives with the copulas ser and estar. An account is provided based on the notions of semantic notions of evaluation and evidentiality and the syntactic notion of experiencer/judge argument.
El presente articulo tiene un doble proposito. Por un lado, recoge los principales modelos sobre ... more El presente articulo tiene un doble proposito. Por un lado, recoge los principales modelos sobre la interfaz lexico-sintaxis que se han propuesto durante las tres ultimas decadas dentro de la linguistica formal. Para ello, repasa tanto los principales trabajos de corte proyeccionista (en especial los trabajos de Levin y Rappaport-Hovav, Jackendoff y Hale y Keyser) como aquellos que se enmarcan dentro de los modelos neo-construccionistas Borer (1995, 2005). Por otro lado, este articulo pretende ofrecer algunas reflexiones sobre la ensenanza de las relaciones entre el lexico y la sintaxis tanto en la Educacion Primaria como en la Educacion Secundaria.
Spanish in Context, Jul 27, 2023
The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called ... more The article describes the behavior of aesthetic adjectives (bonito ‘beautiful’) in the so-called innovative constructions with estar ‘be estar ’, documented in some American varieties of Spanish. These innovative structures (El poema está bonito ‘The poem is beautiful’) do not compare stages of the subject with respect to an aesthetic property (as would be their meaning in general Spanish), but rather express a perspectivized assertion, linked to the subjective judgment of the speaker about a particular quality. The article explains this pattern of variation on the basis of the work by Gumiel-Molina, Moreno-Quibén and Pérez-Jiménez (2020) and Moreno-Quibén (2022), according to which the classes of adjectives that appear in perspectivized estar-sentences have undergone a process of argument augmentation. Aesthetic adjectives in innovative estar-construction have an experiencer in their argument structure in the varieties of Spanish where this construction is possible. This experiencer serves as the basis for establishing the comparison required by estar and ultimately gives rise to the subjective/perspectivized meaning of the copular structure.
ReGrOC. Revista de Gramática Orientada a las Competencias, 2020
Resumen: La enseñanza de la gramática del español como lengua materna en secundaria ha sufrido al... more Resumen: La enseñanza de la gramática del español como lengua materna en secundaria ha sufrido algunos cambios con motivo de las diferentes leyes educativas. Todas ellas comparten, sin embargo, un análisis funcional para el estudio de la gramática que se limita a la identificación de funciones gramaticales. En este artículo tratamos un grupo de sintagmas que producen problemas bajo esta perspectiva: los locativos. A partir de una reflexión sobre cómo han de ser analizados estos sintagmas, proponemos un conjunto de actividades que creemos que contribuyen a desarrollar en los estudiantes la capacidad de reflexión sobre la lengua, así como a incentivar el estudio de la gramática en estas etapas.
TEJUELO. DIDÁCTICA DE LA LENGUA Y LA LITERATURA.EDUCACIÓN, 2021
TEJUELO. DIDÁCTICA DE LA LENGUA Y LA LITERATURA.EDUCACIÓN, 2021
In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally as... more In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally associated to the IL/SL distinction (having to do with their different combination with adverbs quantifying over situations, locative and temporal modifiers, etc.) can be explained without arguing that ser and estar sentences have different event/aspectual/Aktionsart-related properties. Specifically, we claim that in copular sentences with adjectival complements, the different kinds of elements that build up the comparison class needed to evaluate adjectival properties can account for the IL/SL character of the predication (specifically, the IL/SL distinction is linked to the relative/absolute distinction). This proposal, together with the hypothesis that relative adjectives trigger by default an inference of temporal persistence, can account for all the aforementioned differences between ser and estar sentences. We thus claim for an extension of the explanatory value of the stage/level di...
In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally as... more In this paper we propose that the differences between ser and estar predications traditionally associated to the IL/SL distinction (having to do with their different combination with adverbs quantifying over situations, locative and temporal modifiers, etc.) can be explained without arguing that ser and estar sentences have different event/aspectual/Aktionsart-related properties. Specifically, we claim that in copular sentences with adjectival complements, the different kinds of elements that build up the comparison class needed to evaluate adjectival properties can account for the IL/SL character of the predication (specifically, the IL/SL distinction is linked to the relative/absolute distinction). This proposal, together with the hypothesis that relative adjectives trigger by default an inference of temporal persistence, can account for all the aforementioned differences between ser and estar sentences. We thus claim for an extension of the explanatory value of the stage/level di...
Redele Revista Electronica De Didactica Ele, 2008
Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 2015
1. Ser and estar: Outstanding questions (by Leonetti, Manuel) 2. Ser and estar and aspect 3. More... more 1. Ser and estar: Outstanding questions (by Leonetti, Manuel) 2. Ser and estar and aspect 3. More than a copula: complex predicates with estar and the clitic se (by Garcia Fernandez, Luis) 4. Ser, estar and two different modifiers (by Romeu, Juan) 5. Sentences as predicates: the Spanish construction ser (by Fernandez Leborans, Maria Jesus) 6. Ser and estar beyond aspect 7. The inference of temporal persistence and the individual/stage level distinction: the case of ser vs. estar in Spanish (by Gumiel-Molina, Silvia) 8. Location and the estar/ser alternation (by Zagona, Karen) 9. What do Spanish copulas have in common with Tibetan evidentials? (by Camacho, Jose) 10. On word order in Spanish copular sentences (by Leonetti, Manuel) 11. The extension and loss of copulas 12. Origins and development of adjectival passives in Spanish: a corpus study (by Marco, Cristina) 13. Eventive and stative passives and copula selection in Canadian and American Heritage Speaker Spanish (by Valenzuela, Elena) 14. The development and use of the Spanish copula with adjectives by Korean-speaking learners (by Geeslin, Kimberly L.) 15. Index
Borealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2020
The goal of this paper is to provide both a description and an explanation of the combination of ... more The goal of this paper is to provide both a description and an explanation of the combination of minimizers (ligeramente 'slightly') with gradable adjectives in Spanish. According to Kennedy & McNally (2005) these elements are degree items that are sensitive to the scalar structure of adjectives and are combined with closed scale, minimum standard adjectives. Unexpected combinations, according to this semantics, are considered as cases of coercion. In this paper we propose that minimizers create derived adjectives. They are modifiers of the adjective's granularity, which allow the selection of the standard of comparison to take into account a greater number of degree distinctions. From this proposal, this article shows that unexpected combinations of ligeramente with gradable adjectives, such as un cine ligeramente lleno ‘a slightly crowded cinema’, can be explained without the need to propose that a coercion process takes place.