From semantics to grammar: lexical substitution in the evolution of verbal periphrases "haber/tener" + infinitive

Garachana Camarero, Mar ^[1] ; Hernández Díaz, Axel ^[2]
1. [1] Universitat de Barcelona
  
  Universitat de Barcelona
  
  Barcelona, España
2. [2] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  
  México
Localización: Changes in meaning and function: Studies in historical linguistics with a focus on Spanish / coord. por Jorge Fernández Jaén, Herminia Provencio Garrigós, 2020, ISBN 978-90-272-0536-0, págs. 77-108
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The main aim of this paper is to analyze the rise of the Spanish verbal periphrases tener de/que + inf and investigate the relevance of analogy and lexical semantics for these changes. We demonstrate that the constructions haber de/que + inf acted as supporting constructions motivating the rise of the synonymous pair tener de/que + inf (De Smet & Fischer 2017). The analogical process between the two constructions was due to the synonymy between the lexical verbs haber and tener expressing possessive meanings.