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Edited by Susana Rodríguez Rosique and Jordi M. Antolí Martínez
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 34] 2023
► pp. 41–76

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Grammaticalization of the periphrasis tenir + participle in Old Catalan (13th–16th centuries)

 | Universitat d’Alacant
Published online: 4 January 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.34.03ant
Abstract
This study deals with the grammaticalization process of the aspectual periphrasis tenir + participle in Old Catalan. Our point of departure is the dyachronic study (13th–16th centuries) of the semantic reanalysis of tenir + participle. In order to do so, we have embarked in corpora analysis and have adopted a theoretical framework taken from the Cognitive Linguistics. The change started in contexts in which the participle had a predicative function oriented to a direct object selected by tenir, with a durative-resultative value. As the result of gradual subjectification caused by contextually invited inferences, the construction will assume more subjective values between the 15th and 16th centuries. From these meanings, we observe the emergence – in the mid-15th century – of pragmatic uses of an intersubjective nature.
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Methodology
  • 3.Classification of the samples
    • 3.1Durative-resultative value
      • a.control verbs
      • b.control + localization verbs
      • c.Verbs of maintenance
      • d.Verbs of modification
      • e.Verbs of position
      • f.Verbs de sensation
      • g.Verbs of union
    • 3.2Perfective-resultative value
      • a.Verbs of acquisition or of transference
      • b.Verbs with an aspectual value of phase
      • c.Verbs with the aspectual value of frequency
      • d.Verbs of creation and modification
      • e.Verbs of loss
      • f.Verbs of relationship
      • g.Verbs of perception
      • h.Verbs of cognition
      • i.Verbs of communication
  • 4.Diachronic evolution
    • 4.1Initial situation
    • 4.2Subjetivation (Phase I)
    • 4.3Subjetivation (Phase II)
    • 4.4Intersubjective usages
    • 4.5Syntactic consequences and usage
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
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