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Semantic bleaching as an indicator of degrees of periphrasticity: An experimental approach
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We propose to measure the degree of periphrasticity of verbal periphrases in terms of the strength of the cognitive link between the representation of a grammaticalized auxiliary verb in the speaker’s mind, and the corresponding lexical verb
(so-called “semantic bleaching”). We analyze the Spanish verbal periphrases estar ‘to be’, ir ‘to go’ and andar ‘to walk’ + gerund, which exhibit differences in terms of periphrasticity and grammaticalization. Using a self-paced reading experiment,
we demonstrate that blocking the lexical interpretation by semantic antipriming is more likely to cause processing and interpretation problems for the less grammaticalized andar + gerund than for the more grammaticalized ir + gerund. We
take these results as evidence for a description of periphrases as a prototypically organized category, in which adscription to the category depends on the degree of routinized semantic integration between the finite and non-finite verb.
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ROSEMEYER, Malte and GARACHANA CAMARERO, Mar. Semantic bleaching as an indicator of degrees of periphrasticity: An experimental approach. Capítol del llibre: K. Pfadenhauer & E. Wiesinger (Ed.). Romance motion verbs in language change: Grammar. Vol. lexicon, num. discourse, pags. De Gruyter. ISBN 9783111248141. [consulted: 12 of July of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/230605