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Título del libro: Diachrony Of Differential Argument Marking
Título del capítulo: Spanish indexing DOM, topicality, and the case hierarchy

Autores UNAM:
CHANTAL MARGUERITE MARIE MELIS VAN EERDEWEGH;

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Año de publicación:
2018

Resumen:

The Spanish language is known for its widespread phenomenon of Differential Object Marking (DOM). A particularly interesting feature of DOM in contemporary Spanish relates to the obligatory use of a double system of marking - a "flagging" preposition and an "indexing" clitic (Haspelmath 2005) - in the domain of the full personal pronouns. The prepositional marker goes back to the very beginnings of the language, whereas the cross-referencing strategy, also called clitic doubling, is the product of a much later development, which joining forces with the existing older form gave rise to the twice-marked pronouns. In this paper I focus on the origin of Spanish indexing DOM and, through a careful examination of the first contexts of use, I propose that the relevant notion of "topicality" implicated in the evolution of indexing DOM is not animacy, but has to do with the role participants play in the event structure and the organization of these roles into a topical case hierarchy (Givón 1976). © 2018, the authors. All rights reserved.

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ISBN:
9783961100859
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Language Science Press Nombre de la publicación:
Spanish indexing DOM, topicality, and the case hierarchy
Página inicial:
97
Página final:
128

Título del libro: Diachrony Of Differential Argument MarkingTítulo del capítulo: Spanish indexing DOM, topicality, and the case hierarchy

Título del libro: Diachrony Of Differential Argument Marking
Título del capítulo: Spanish indexing DOM, topicality, and the case hierarchy