In:Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact: A study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions
Rena Torres Cacoullos
[Studies in Language Companion Series 52] 2000
► pp. v–x
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Published online: 15 August 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.52.toc
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Table of contents
List of Figuresxi
List of Tablesxiii
Acknowledgmentsxv
1. Introduction1
2. Formal reduction in grammaticization: Diachronic changes in the form of -ndo
constructions31
3. Evidence for semantic reduction: Changing patterns of cooccurring locative and temporal
expressions71
4. Frequency effects and layering in the domain of progressive aspect: The shifting semantic territory of
-ndo constructions115
5. From progressive to experiential habitual177
Conclusion227
References231
Appendices243
Index247
