| Title: | Split Intransitivity in Old Spanish: Irrealis and Negation Factors |
| Author: | Natalya I. Stolova |
| Publication: | Revue roumaine de linguistique, LI (2), p. 301-320 |
| p-ISSN: | 0035-3957 |
| Publisher: | Editura Academiei |
| Place: | București |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Abstract: | The present study assesses the role of modal factors of irrealis and negation in the distribution between BE and HAVE with Old Spanish intransitive verbs. Traditionally, the choice between these two auxiliaries in Medieval Spanish has been studied as a reflection of the lexical aspect or as a function of the perceived (in)transitivity of the construction. By analyzing the data gathered from the 13th-century portion of the Corpus del Español, this article demonstrates that the rate at which the intransitive compound pasts marked as [+irrealis] or [+negation] take the auxiliary HAVE is almost twice as high as the average. This finding suggests that modality should be considered as a factor when it comes to the Medieval Spanish split intransitivity. In addition, it places Old Spanish together with the other Romance varieties like Old French, Old Neapolitan and Old Sicilian whose auxiliary selection is sensitive to the irrealis and negation parameters. |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf  html |
Citations to this publication: 4
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| 17 | Adam Ledgeway | A comparative syntax of the dialects of southern Italy A minimalist approach | Blackwell | 1991; 2000 |
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