Exaptation, Refunctionalization, Decapitalization—BE + Past Participle with Intransitive Verbs in Mediaeval and Early Modern Spanish

The chapter presents the current state of research concerning the development of the BE + past participle constructions from Latin to Spanish. Starting from the description in Rosemeyer (2014) and the theoretical background collated in Kailuweit and Rosemeyer (2015), it will be shown that the functi...

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Main Author: Rolf Kailuweit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/3/4/43