Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance

In this paper,2 I describe the grammatical patterns of a set of Spanish verbs that are frequently used in specialised discourse to provide structure, organise information in the text and function as connectors. The verbs selected for the study are the following unaccusative verbs of existence and ap...

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Autor: López Ferrero, Carmen
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Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Palabra clave:Castellà -- Gramàtica
Gramàtica comparada i general -- Verb
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spelling Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearanceLópez Ferrero, CarmenCastellà -- GramàticaGramàtica comparada i general -- VerbIn this paper,2 I describe the grammatical patterns of a set of Spanish verbs that are frequently used in specialised discourse to provide structure, organise information in the text and function as connectors. The verbs selected for the study are the following unaccusative verbs of existence and appearance: ocurrir (‘occur’), suceder (‘happen/take place’), existir (‘exist’), aparecer (‘appear’) and resultar (‘turn out’)./nThe grammatical and lexico-graphical description of these verbs is/ncompared with the results provided by consulting the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA) database of the Real Academia Española in three thematic fields: Science and Technology, Economics and Finance, and Law. The results of the research highlight three specific patterns of use for the unaccusative verbs of existence and appearance studied in specialised texts, placing particular emphasis on the constructions that contribute to the/ntexture of discourse. I propose that these patterns should be incorporated into dictionaries of use (‘codifiers’) as lexicographical data that may enrich the information given about these words, whose meanings are clearly diffuse.Edinburgh University Press201520152011info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/23468reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésCopora. 2011;6(2):179-99© Edinburgh University Press (The original publication: López Ferrero C. Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance. Copora. 2011;6(2):179-199 is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/cor.2011.0012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/234682026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
title Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
spellingShingle Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
López Ferrero, Carmen
Castellà -- Gramàtica
Gramàtica comparada i general -- Verb
title_short Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
title_full Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
title_fullStr Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
title_full_unstemmed Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
title_sort Grammatical patterns in Spanish: verbs of existence and appearance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Ferrero, Carmen
author López Ferrero, Carmen
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Castellà -- Gramàtica
Gramàtica comparada i general -- Verb
topic Castellà -- Gramàtica
Gramàtica comparada i general -- Verb
description In this paper,2 I describe the grammatical patterns of a set of Spanish verbs that are frequently used in specialised discourse to provide structure, organise information in the text and function as connectors. The verbs selected for the study are the following unaccusative verbs of existence and appearance: ocurrir (‘occur’), suceder (‘happen/take place’), existir (‘exist’), aparecer (‘appear’) and resultar (‘turn out’)./nThe grammatical and lexico-graphical description of these verbs is/ncompared with the results provided by consulting the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA) database of the Real Academia Española in three thematic fields: Science and Technology, Economics and Finance, and Law. The results of the research highlight three specific patterns of use for the unaccusative verbs of existence and appearance studied in specialised texts, placing particular emphasis on the constructions that contribute to the/ntexture of discourse. I propose that these patterns should be incorporated into dictionaries of use (‘codifiers’) as lexicographical data that may enrich the information given about these words, whose meanings are clearly diffuse.
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