Parution : Periphrastic Constructions in Romance, De Gruyter

Parution : Periphrastic Constructions in Romance, De Gruyter

Periphrastic Constructions in Romance.
Insights from Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2026

This book presents synchronic and diachronic studies on verbal periphrases in a range of Romance languages to clarify the boundaries of the category, the features, origin and development of specific constructions, and the interrelations between them. In doing so, it seeks to reinforce the synergies between the theoretical contributions of grammaticalization, constructionalization, and the study of texts in their philological sense more properly, looking into the effects of discourse traditions. The individual chapters adopt diverse analytic perspectives and theoretical and methodological frameworks, and integrate results applying qualitative, quantitative, and psycholinguistic methods.

Table of Contents

Preface

VII

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    Contents

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    1 Verbal periphrases in Romance: Structures, functions, and theoretical perspectives

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    Renata Enghels, Mar Garachana Camarero and María Sol Sansiñena

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    2 The expression of the passive voice in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: Insights from Latin-to-Spanish translations

    29

    Santiago Del Rey Quesada

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    3 Progressive gerund constructions in Spanish, Italian and French: Comparative and historical perspectives

    67

    Anne Carlier, Jasper Vangaever and Lisa Pigère

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    4 The role of prefabs in the spread and conservation of grammatical constructions. Two case studies on Spanish verbal periphrases

    113

    Dorien Nieuwenhuijsen

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    5 From modality to aspect: The grammaticalization of saber+ infinitive in South American Spanish varieties

    133

    Silvina Espíndola Moschner and Malte Rosemeyer

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    6 Possession, elapsed time and continuative aspect: The grammaticalization of llevar + gerund in Spanish

    167

    Julio Torres Soler

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    7 States in Romance progressive verbal periphrases

    195

    Sarah Dessì Schmid, Lydia Momma and Evelyn Wiesinger

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    8 A periphrastic future in spoken Catalan?

    221

    Andreu Sentí and Peter Herbeck

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    9 The near-synonymy of the inchoative construction(s) in Spanish: A Behavioral Profile Analysis

    263

    Sven Van Hulle, Renata Enghels and Marlies Jansegers

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    10 Avertive Periphrases in Romance. An empirical study of the Romanian periphrasis a fi pe cale‘to be on the way to’

    303

    Beatrice-Andreea Pahonțu Serafino

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    11 Constructional status and grammaticalisation of periphrastic verbal structures in Romance: An experimental approach

    339

    Birgit Füreder

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