'Liking' constructions in Spanish: The role of frequency and stimulus category in constructional change

Andrea Mojedano Batel

doi:10.1075/cilt.350.05moj

'Liking' constructions in Spanish: The role of frequency and stimulus category in constructional change

Andrea Mojedano Batel

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This study examines the diachronic change in argument structure in Spanish psych-verbs of ‘liking’, with emphasis on the change from nominative-experiencer gustar ‘to like’ to dative-experiencer gustar. While previous studies have looked at factors pertaining to frequency and semantics, this change must also be studied taking into account certain syntactic factors, and especially the evolution of prepositional finite clauses introduced by functional prepositions. Results suggest that the subcategorization properties of the preposition are grammatically relevant in determining the linguistic encoding of the arguments of Spanish ‘liking’ constructions. This study offers an extensive corpus study of ‘liking’ verbs, spanning the 13th to the 17th centuries, and adopts a constructionist usage-based view of syntactic productivity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Historical Linguistics 2017
Subtitle of host publication	Selected Papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July - 4 August, 2017
Editors	Bridget Drinka
Publisher	John Benjamins
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027261670
ISBN (Print)	9789027204790
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.350.05moj
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2020
Event	23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics - San Antonio, United States Duration: 31 Jul 2017 → 4 Aug 2017

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Conference	23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Antonio
Period	31/07/17 → 4/08/17

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Mojedano Batel, A 2020, 'Liking' constructions in Spanish: The role of frequency and stimulus category in constructional change. in B Drinka (ed.), Historical Linguistics 2017: Selected Papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July - 4 August, 2017. John Benjamins, 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, United States, 31/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.350.05moj

'Liking' constructions in Spanish: The role of frequency and stimulus category in constructional change. / Mojedano Batel, Andrea.
Historical Linguistics 2017: Selected Papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July - 4 August, 2017. ed. / Bridget Drinka. John Benjamins, 2020.

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