Pluractional perfects in Eonavian Spanish

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

This chapter deals with two periphrastic constructions that consist of a perfect participle and an inflected form of the verb tener ‘have’ or llevar ‘carry’ in Eonavian Spanish (EoS), which are used to convey perfect meanings and they require a form of iteration or plurality on the event described. These constructions are monoclausal and behave like fully grammaticalized auxiliary constructions, but they are restricted in unexpected ways. The description is complemented by a cross-linguistic comparison of superficially similar constructions in neighbouring Romance varieties. The final part of the chapter considers the extent to which similar constructions in the Galician dialect might explain the properties observed in EoS, concluding that they are independent systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSound, Syntax and Contact in the Languages of Asturias
EditorsGuillermo Lorenzo
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages109-130
Number of pages22
ISBN (Electronic)9789027257901
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameIssues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
Volume36
ISSN (Print)2213-3887

Keywords

  • Galician
  • Language contact
  • Microvariation
  • Perfect constructions
  • Pluractionality
  • Spanish

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