Categorization and constructional change in Spanish expressions of 'becoming' / / Damián Vergara Wilson.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics, Volume 4
• VerfasserIn: Vergara Wilson, Damián Chase,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.; Revised from author's dissertation "Formulaic language and adjective categories in eight centuries of the Spanish expression of 'becoming' /quedar(se)/ + ADJ", University of New Mexico, 2009.

In Categorization and Constructional Change Damián Vergara Wilson uses the Spanish change-of-state construction quedar(se) + ADJ to analyze the impact of categorization on constructional change and productivity in data spanning eight centuries. In usage, the appearance of one adjective in the constr...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• 1 Introduction
• 2 ‘Becoming’ in Spanish
• 3 Data and Methods
• 4 Overview of quedar(se) + adj through Time
• 5 The solo ‘Alone’ Clusters: Continual Expansion with a Robust Central Member
• 6 The rico / pobre ‘Rich / Poor’ Clusters: The Relationship of Opposites in Category Development
• 7 The alegre / satisfecho ‘Happy / Satisfied’ Clusters: Family Resemblance and Changing Central Members
• 8 Similarity Experiment
• 9 Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Adjective Clusters and Tables not Analyzed
• Appendix 2: Sources in the qad
• Works Cited
• Index.