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Unexpected grammaticalizations: The reanalysis of the Spanish verb ir 'to go' as a past marker

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From a typological perspective, the evolution of a verb meaning ‘to go’ as a future tense marker is a common grammaticalization chain. The evolution of an allative verb as a past tense is much less expected, though documented. In modern Spanish, for instance, it exists a past marker formed by a coordinating structure: ir ‘to go’ + y ‘and’ + finite verbal group.The aim of this paper is to explore the motivations behind the grammaticalization process experienced by the Spanish structure ir ‘to go’ + y ‘and’ + finite verbal group as a past marker and as a quotative marker. We follow a usage-based approach to language change, combined with Grammaticalization and Diachronic Construction Grammar.

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Versió postprint del capítol del llibre publicat a: https://benjamins.com/catalog/ivitra.31

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Capítol de llibre: Garachana Camarero, Mar & Montserrat Buendia, Sandra & Pusch, Claus Dieter (eds), From composite predicates to verbal periphrases in Romance languages, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022, pp. 131-148.

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Llibres / Capítols de llibre (Filologia Clàssica, Romànica i Semítica)

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Unexpected grammaticalizations: The reanalysis of the Spanish verb ir 'to go' as a past marker