In:The Middle Voice and Connected Constructions in Ibero-Romance: A variationist and dialectal account
Carlota de Benito Moreno
[Studies in Language Variation 29] 2022
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Published online: 17 August 2022
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Table of contents
AcknowledgementsIX
Chapter 1.Reflexive constructions: An introduction1
1.1Introduction1
1.2Reflexive constructions in the varieties under study: State of the art4
1.2.1Purely reflexive and reciprocal verbs7
1.2.2The relationship of the reflexive verb and its unmarked counterpart10
1.2.3Semantic criteria in typologies of paradigmatic reflexive constructions15
1.2.4“Difficult cases”17
1.2.5Summary18
1.3The diachrony of reflexive constructions19
1.3.1Overall development21
1.3.2Indirect reflexive constructions22
1.3.3From reflexive to reciprocal23
1.3.4From reflexive to middle23
1.3.5Reflexive intransitive and transitive verbs24
1.3.6Summary26
1.4Typological approaches to reflexive and middle constructions26
1.4.1Voice and diathesis27
1.4.2The middle voice28
1.4.3The middle voice as a derived voice31
1.4.4The middle voice as a basic voice33
1.5Theoretical framework38
1.5.1Language change and variation38
1.5.2Mechanisms of language change40
1.5.3Spatial diffusion of language change41
Chapter 2.Methodology43
2.1Introduction43
2.2The COSER data43
2.2.1Selected interviews44
2.2.2Collection of examples47
2.2.3Analysis of the data50
2.2.4Note on spelling and linguistic representation51
2.3Other sources52
2.3.1Video questionnaire52
2.3.2Written examples55
2.4Technical notes56
2.4.1Statistical methods56
2.4.2Geographical representation58
Chapter 3.The middle voice in Spanish59
3.1Introduction59
3.2The middle voice as a derived voice60
3.2.1Subject deletion diathesis: Anticausative verbs60
3.2.2Object-deletion diatheses: Absolute constructions66
3.2.3Object-deletion diatheses: De-objective verbs70
3.2.4Subject-demoting diathesis: Conversive verbs75
3.2.5Object-demoting diathesis: Antipassive verbs78
3.2.6No change of diatheses: Reflexive intransitive verbs82
3.2.7No change of diatheses: Non-reversible verbs86
3.3The middle as a basic voice: Semantics of the middle domain91
3.3.1Body action middles92
3.3.2The cognition middle98
3.3.3Spontaneous events103
3.3.4Naturally reciprocal events105
3.3.5Verbs with no semantic ascription in Kemmer’s account106
3.3.6Pseudocopulative or attributive verbs108
3.3.7The RM in auxiliary verbs111
3.4The middle voice in Spanish and Galician: A basic or a derived voice?113
Chapter 4.Anticausative verbs in Spanish119
4.1Introduction119
4.2Different kinds of anticausative verbs120
4.2.1Rest of the territory124
4.2.2North-western varieties127
4.3Externally and internally caused events129
4.4The aspectual properties of the predicate137
4.5The event structure of the predicate: The acceptability of datives142
4.6Animacy of the subject149
4.7Generalised linear mixed model153
4.8Conclusions154
Chapter 5.Reflexive intransitive verbs157
5.1Introduction157
5.2Analogical effects of the semantic class of the verb158
5.3Analogical effects of the animacy of the subject162
5.4Intransitive reflexive verbs of translational motion165
5.5Morir(se) and caer(se)177
5.6Corporal (physical and psychological) processes185
5.7Quedar(se), estar(se) and esperar(se)192
5.8Spontaneous pasar(se)204
5.9More sporadic analogies207
5.10Conclusion209
Chapter 6.Reflexive transitive verbs215
6.1Introduction215
6.2Indirect reflexive constructions216
6.2.1Recipient datives219
6.2.2Autobenefactives220
6.2.3Possessive datives223
6.2.4Indirect detransitivised constructions225
6.3Transitive verbs: General considerations228
6.4Inherently autobenefactive transitive verbs234
6.5Verbs of consumption237
6.5.1Emphasis in autobenefactives and reflexive transitive verbs242
6.6Verbs of spending time246
6.7Verbs of cognition251
6.7.1Saber(se) ‘to know’, aprender(se) ‘to learn’, estudiar(se) ‘to study’253
6.7.2Creer(se) ‘to believe’, imaginar(se) ‘to imagine’257
6.7.3Dar(se) cuenta ‘to realise’: Cognition light verb structures259
6.8Corporal processes260
6.9Verbs of finding and forgetting: Lack of intentionality261
6.10Transitive reflexive verbs of translational motion266
6.10.1Transitive reflexive verbs of translational motion with a direct object that conveys a path274
6.11Allobenefactives276
6.12Conclusion278
Chapter 7.Conclusions281
7.1A variationist study of the middle voice281
7.2The nature of the middle voice in the varieties under study282
7.3The RM in verbs with no change of diathesis284
References289
Appendix 1.Localities interviewed with the corpus COSER301
Appendix 2.Questionnaire videos305
Appendix 3.Localities interviewed with the questionnaire311
Appendix 4.List of analysed verbs and their classification313
Appendix 5.List of verbs analysed in corpus eseuTenTen11369
Index373
