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In:Verb and Context: The impact of shared knowledge on TAME categories
Edited by Susana Rodríguez Rosique and Jordi M. Antolí Martínez
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 34] 2023
► pp. 351–370

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Potential and presuppositional predicative complements in Old Catalan

A diachronic study

 | Universitat de València
Published online: 4 January 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.34.15tor
Abstract
The present study aims to describe the evolution of two types of predicative complements which developed in Old Catalan: the potential predicative complement and the presuppositional predicative complement. The first type of predicative complement, initially constructed through the use of the preposition a and, subsequently, through the use of the preposition per is a complement that has been present since the origins of the language. This complement maintains close similarities with non-finite final constructions. The presuppositional predicative complement, on the other hand, was constructed through the use of the preposition com (a) and tends to show properties similar to those of non-finite causal constructions. Our study shows that the evolution of these complements is linked to non-finite final and causal constructions.
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Article outline
  • 1.State of the art
    • 1.1Introduction to the predicative complement
    • 1.2Potential and presuppositional predicative complements
  • 2.Potential and presuppositional predicative complements in Old Catalan
    • 2.1Evolution of the potential predicative complement
    • 2.2Evolution of the presuppositional predicative complement
  • 3.Methodology
  • 4.Results
  • 5.Conclusions
  • References
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