A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposals

Abstract. This article provides with a state of the art of how the Individual Level / Stage Level distinction –and the related but distinct issue of the distribution of ser / estar– is instantiated in Spanish. We argue that the IL / SL distinction can be understood in two different ways: as a contra...

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Main Author: Antonio Fábregas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2012-11-01
Series:Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
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Online Access:http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/septentrio/index.php/borealis/article/view/2296
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spelling doaj-4f269f0c5164465f9946e4f21407f78f2020-11-24T21:50:57ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingBorealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics1893-32112012-11-011217210.7557/1.1.2.22962225A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposalsAntonio Fábregas0Institutt for Språkvitenskap, University of TromsøAbstract. This article provides with a state of the art of how the Individual Level / Stage Level distinction –and the related but distinct issue of the distribution of ser / estar– is instantiated in Spanish. We argue that the IL / SL distinction can be understood in two different ways: as a contrast between properties predicated of an individual or of a stage of that individual, and as a contrast between temporally persistent properties and temporary ones. The paper ends with a specific proposal about how to capture the distinction inside a structural system.http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/septentrio/index.php/borealis/article/view/2296Individual-levelstage-levelsyntaxsemanticslexiconpredication
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A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposals
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
Individual-level
stage-level
syntax
semantics
lexicon
predication
author_facet Antonio Fábregas
author_sort Antonio Fábregas
title A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposals
title_short A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposals
title_full A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposals
title_fullStr A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposals
title_full_unstemmed A guide to IL and SL in Spanish: Properties, problems and proposals
title_sort guide to il and sl in spanish: properties, problems and proposals
publisher Septentrio Academic Publishing
series Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
issn 1893-3211
publishDate 2012-11-01
description Abstract. This article provides with a state of the art of how the Individual Level / Stage Level distinction –and the related but distinct issue of the distribution of ser / estar– is instantiated in Spanish. We argue that the IL / SL distinction can be understood in two different ways: as a contrast between properties predicated of an individual or of a stage of that individual, and as a contrast between temporally persistent properties and temporary ones. The paper ends with a specific proposal about how to capture the distinction inside a structural system.
topic Individual-level
stage-level
syntax
semantics
lexicon
predication
url http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/septentrio/index.php/borealis/article/view/2296
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