Los adverbios y la periferia izquierda de las construcciones de gerundio en español medieval
- Cristina Matute Martínez 1
- Teresa María Rodríguez Ramalle 2
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Saint Louis University
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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- María Luisa Arnal Purroy (coord.)
- Rosa María Castañer Martín (coord.)
- José M.ª Enguita Utrilla (coord.)
- Vicente Lagüéns Gracia (coord.)
- María Antonia Martín Zorraquino (coord.)
Publisher: Institución "Fernando el Católico" ; Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza
ISBN: 978-84-9911-500-9, 978-84-9911-498-9
Year of publication: 2018
Volume: 1
Pages: 835-849
Congress: Congreso Internacional de Historia de la Lengua Española (10. 2015. Zaragoza)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
Non-finite clauses with gerunds admitted diverse preverbal elements in Old Spanish, whereas Modern Spanish only accept preverbal Subjects. Therefore, it is worth to explore which kind of semantic and syntactic role these preverbal elements played in the Medieval language, especially the adverbs. This study demonstrates the relationship of such elements with a defective left periphery, a structure that was not always displayed. Besides, this peripheral structure depended on the degree of independence of the gerund clause regarding the verb of the main clause, and on the presence of a preposition.