Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Towards a theory of assertion structure 1
6. Towards a theory of pronominal verb constructions in Spanish 21
7. On the grammaticality of recomplementation in Spanish 39
8. Synchronic change in a multidialectal Spanish community 53
9. Exploring the syntax-semantics-prosody interface 73
10. Generalized gradability and extremeness in Puerto Rican Spanish 95
11. On the mistaken identity of negated epistemics 111
12. The mestizo speech 131
13. Stressed clitics in Argentine Spanish 149
14. On the simplification of a prosodic inventory 171
15. Segmental anchoring in Peruvian Amazonian Spanish intonation 191
16. The prosody-pragmatics interface in the pragmaticalization of ¡Hombre! as a discourse marker 211
17. Sociolinguistic implications on perception 241
18. Vosotros , ustedes , and the myth of the symmetrical Castilian pronoun system 263
19. Microvariation in the Null Subject Parameter 281
20. An analysis of subjunctive frequency and semantic predictors of mood in Central Argentinian Spanish 301
21. The future is in the past 317
22. Double possession in Peruvian Amazonian Spanish 335
23. Index 355