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Aspect and the categorization of states : the case of ser and estar in Spanish /
In this work, the Spanish copulae ser and estar are argued to be aspectual morphemes. Their binary opposition reflects the universal aspectual values ["Perfective], which are the same ones overtly expressed by the preterite and imperfect past tense forms in Spanish. It can therefore be shown th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Español |
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Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 114. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this work, the Spanish copulae ser and estar are argued to be aspectual morphemes. Their binary opposition reflects the universal aspectual values ["Perfective], which are the same ones overtly expressed by the preterite and imperfect past tense forms in Spanish. It can therefore be shown that different types of states, just like different types of events, can be categorized based on their aspectual composition. Additionally, the inherent semantic differences between events and states can be accounted for by analyzing aspect as applying to events internally and to states externally. A usefu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027288943 9027288941 9027205817 9789027205810 1282444972 9781282444973 9786612444975 6612444975 |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |