'Dar' + gerund in Ecuadorian Highland Spanish: contact-induced grammaticalization?
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| Publication date | 2008 |
| Journal | Spanish in Context |
| Volume | Issue number | 5 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 89-109 |
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| Abstract | The benefactive construction dar + gerund is used in the North Andean region only and is unknown elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world. Based on the analysis of spontaneous data from Ecuadorian Highland Spanish, this paper provides a linguististic description of dar + gerund and of the social and pragmatic conditions of its use. Departing from this description, I explain that the construction originates through contact with Ecuadorian Quechua. It is shown that the geographical restriction of the use of dar + gerund is directly related to the specific characteristics of Ecuadorian Quechua. |
| Document type | Article |
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sic.5.1.06olb
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