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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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Versió postprint del capítol del llibre publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111248141-008

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Capítol del llibre: K. Pfadenhauer & E. Wiesinger (Ed.), Romance motion verbs in language change: Grammar, lexicon, discourse, De Gruyter, 2024, [ISBN 9783111248141], pp. 179-212

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Llibres / Capítols de llibre (Filologia Hispànica, Teoria de la Literatura i Comunicació)

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Semantic bleaching as an indicator of degrees of periphrasticity: An experimental approach