New perspectives on the study of ser and estar / edited by Isabel Pérez-Jiménez, Manuel Leonetti, Silvia Gumiel-Molina, University of Alcalá.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez Jiménez, Isabel, author.

Contributor:

Leonetti, Manuel, editor.

Gumiel Molina, Silvia, director.

Series:

Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics ; 5.

Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 2213-3887 ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Verb.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book entirely and exclusively devoted to the grammar of the two copular verbs ser and estar, certainly one of the most intriguing features of Spanish grammar. Although the topic has long attracted the interest of scholars, it had never given rise to a collection of papers that covers both theoretical issues in syntax and semantics and topics in the acquisition domain. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the central research questions concerning the ser / estar alternation: the syntactic or semantic nature of the distinction, its link with aspect and with the Individual-Level / Stage-Level distinction, and its connection with interface phenomena. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Hispanic linguistics, but can be equally attractive for researchers working on Romance linguistics, theoretical linguistics (syntax, semantics, pragmatics), acquisition theory, and historical linguistics.

Contents:

New Perspectives on the Study of Ser and Estar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Ser and estar: Outstanding questions; 1. Ser/Estar: Preliminaries; 2. One single account; 3. The nature of the distinction; 4. Aspect, in some sense; 5. Epilogue; References; Section I. Ser and estar and aspect; More than a copula: Complex predicates with estar and the clitic se; 1. Introduction; 2. Aspectual characterization of estarse predicates and the thematic role of their subjects; 2.1 Differentiating estarse predicates from states; 2.2 Testing for agentivity

2.3 Is it possible to create complex events with the copula ser and the clitic se?3. Drawing a parallel between estarse predicates and other predicates with the clitic se: Consumptio; 3.1 The clitic se with consumption verbs; 3.2 Motion verbs and se as an instantiation of Voice; 4. Conclusions; Sources of the examples; References; Ser, estar and two different modifiers; 1. Introduction; 2. Conjoint and Disjoint; 3. Properties of ser and estar in the literature; 4. Ser and estar: Conjoint + Stat and Disjoint + Stat; 4.1 Individual-level/stage-level opposition; 4.2 Aspect; 4.3 P-incorporation

4.4 Other explanations of the ser/estar alternation5. Further advantages; 5.1 Estar in locative constructions; 5.2 Estar is not an indicator of change: Evidential uses of estar; 5.3 Ser does not obligatorily lexicalize Conjoint; 6. Conclusions; References; Sentences as predicates: The Spanish construction ; 1. Introduction; 2. The semantic interpretation of ; 2.1 denotes an IL- predicate; 2.2 The property denoted by the sequence is a habit

2.3 as IL-predicate and the SER/ESTAR distinction2.4 Finite sentences as predicates; 2.5 Kinds of subjects and the modal reading of characterizing infinitives; 3. Gradability; 4. The syntactic analysis and the contribution of the preposition; 4.1 The contribution of the preposition and the internal structure of the predicate; 4.2 The derivation of the passive-deontic version of the construction; 5. Conclusions; References; Section II. Ser and estar beyond aspect

The inference of temporal persistence and the individual/stage-level distinction: The case of ser and estar in Spanish1. Introduction. Aspectual and comparison-based approaches to the ser 'beSER'/estar 'beestar' alter; 2. Basic contrasts between ser 'beser' and estar 'beestar' predications. The data; 2.1 Conditional sentences and sentences with adverbs quantifying over situations; 2.2 Locative modifiers; 2.3 Temporal modifiers; 2.4 Lifetime effects; 3. Aspectual approaches: Event/aspect/Aktionsart-oriented explanations

3.1 Ser 'beser' vs. estar 'beestar' predications: Differences in argument structure

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027268136

9027268134

OCLC:

1491310881