Categorization and constructional change in Spanish expressions of "becoming" / by Damián Vergara Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vergara Wilson, Damián.

Series:

Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; 4.

Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Figures of speech.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Verb.

Spanish language--Adverbs.

Historical linguistics.

Construction grammar.

Physical Description:

XII, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Rich Memory Models and Cognition in Linguistic Evolution 5

1.1.1 Rich Memory Storage: The Exemplar Model and the Formation of Categories 6

1.1.2 The Exemplar Model vs. the Prototype Model 10

1.1.3 The Exemplar Model and Diachronic Data 14

1.1.4 Analogical Extension 16

1.1.5 Chunking, Analyzability, and Compositionality 18

1.1.6 Grammaticalization 20

1.2 Usage-Based Analysis 21

1.2.1 Constructionalist Approaches to Usage-Based Linguistic Analysis 22

1.2.2 Diachronic Construction Grammar 24

1.3 The Construction quedar(se) + ADJ 26

1.4 Productivity and quedar(se) + ADJ 29

1.5 Research Overview 31

2 'Becoming' in Spanish 34

2.1 An Overview of 'Becoming' in Spanish 35

2.2 Accounting for Expressions of 'Becoming' without Examining Usage 38

2.3 Testing Criteria for Usage in Change-of-State Expressions 39

2.4 Categorization of Verb + Adjective Combinations through Speaker Experience 42

2.4.1 The Similarity Experiment 44

2.4.2 The Acceptability Experiment 45

2.5 Lexical Persistence in Verbs of 'Becoming' 47

2.6 Conclusion 48

3 Data and Methods 49

3.1 Data Source: The Quedar(se) + ADJ Database (QAD) 49

3.2 Data Extraction 52

3.3 Method of Semantic Analysis and Category Formation 54

3.3.1 Central Members of Gradient Adjective Categories 54

3.3.2 The Category Centered on quedar(se) muerto 'To Be Left Dead' in the 1600s 55

3.3.3 Opposites 58

3.3.4 Prepositional Phrases in quedar(se) + ADJ 59

3.4 Conclusion 62

4 Overview of quedar(se) + ADJ through Time 63

4.1 Overview 63

4.2 Productivity and quedar[se) + ADJ 66

4.3 Overview of quedar(se) + ADJ Types, Tokens, and Frequency through Time 67

4.3.1 Conventionalized Instances of Constructions (CICS) 70

4.3.2 Prefabs 76

4.3.3 The Rise of quedar and the Demise of fincar 79

4.3.4 The Endurance of quedar(se) + ADJ and the Emergence of other Expressions of Becoming' 91

4.3.5 Emergence of quedar(se) + ADJ 92

4.4 Summary 93

5 The solo Alone' Clusters: Continual Expansion with a Robust Central Member 95

5.1 The solo Clusters in the 1200s 96

5.2 The solo Clusters in the 1300s 98

5.3 The solo Clusters in the 1400s 99

5.4 The solo Clusters in the 1500s 101

5.5 The solo Clusters in the 1600s 103

5.6 The solo Clusters in the 1700s 104

5.7 The solo Clusters in the 1800s 104

5.8 Overview of Clusters Centering on solo 107

5.8.1 Quedar(se) solo as a Prefab 107

5.8.2 Quedar(se) solo: Frequency of the Category's Central Member 108

5.8.3 Type Frequency and Productivity in the quedar(se) + solo Clusters 110

5.9 Conclusion 113

6 The rico / pobre 'Rich / Poor' Clusters: The Relationship of Opposites in Category Development 115

6.1 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1200s 115

6.2 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1300s 116

6.3 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1400s 118

6.4 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1500s 120

6.5 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1600s 121

6.6 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1700s 124

6.7 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1800s 125

6.8 Overview of the rico / pobre 'Rich / Poor' Clusters 126

6.8.1 Categorical Strength in Opposites: A los pobres como a los ricos To the Poor as to the Rich' 127

6.8.2 Token Frequency: Waxing and Waning 128

6.8.3 Type Frequency and Productivity in the quedar(se) rico / pobre Clusters 130

6.9 Conclusion 133

7 The alegre / satisfecho 'Happy / Satisfied' Clusters: Family Resemblance and Changing Central Members 135

7.1 The alegre / satisfecho Clusters in the 1200s 136

7.2 The alegre / satisfecho Clusters in the 1300s 137

7.3 The alegre / satisfecho Clusters in the 1400s 138

7.4 The alegre / satisfecho Clusters in the 1500s 142

7.5 The alegre / satisfecho Clusters in the 1600s 144

7.6 The alegre / satisfecho Clusters in the 1700s 146

7.7 The alegre / satisfecho Clusters in the 1800s 148

7.8 Overview of the alegre / satisfecho Clusters 149

7.8.1 From muerto 'Dead' to satisfecho 'Satisfied': A Chain of Family Resemblance 150

7.8.2 Synonyms and Productivity in Constructional Evolution 151

7.8.3 The Endurance of the alegre / satisfecho Clusters 155

7.9 Conclusion 158

8 Similarity Experiment 159

8.1 Data: The Questionnaires 159

8.2 Participants 161

8.3 Methods 161

8.3.1 MDS, a Brief Explanation 162

8.3.2 MDS: Data and Analysis 163

8.4 Results: Perceptual Maps of Questionnaires A and B 166

8.4.1 Perceptual Maps of Questionnaire A 166

8.4.2 Perceptual Maps of Questionnaires 170

8.4.3 Chains of Family Resemblance between Adjective Categories 173

8.5 Conclusion 174

9 Conclusion 175

9.1 Overview of quedar(se) + ADJ 175

9.2 Formulaic Language and Frequency Effects 177

9.3 Categories over Time 179

9.4 The Evolution of quedar(se) + ADJ: Grammaticalization, Constructionalization, or Constructional Change? 180

9.5 Further Considerations 183.

Notes:

Includes index.

Revised from author's dissertation "Formulaic language and adjective categories in eight centuries of the Spanish expression of 'becoming' /quedar(se)/ + ADJ", University of New Mexico, 2009.

ISBN:

9789004274440

9004274448

OCLC:

886672808