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Chapter 4. Derived verbs and future-conditional stem regularization in written Spanish in synchrony and diachrony

  • Lamar A. Graham
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Innovative Approaches to Research in Hispanic Linguistics
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Abstract

Spanish verbs derived via prefixation prescriptively retain the morphological complexity of their root verbs. However, some verbs derived from decir and hacer show allomorphic variation in the future and conditional, which is documented by the RAE for decir but not at all for hacer. The results of this study of historical variation suggest decreased morphological transparency of some verbs but not of others. Verbs derived from hacer continue to resist regularization, with the notable exception of satisfacer. The set of decir-derived verbs is much more complex in its tendencies. This may be attributable to either (a) perceived opacity of contradecir or (b) increased analogical pressure from maldecir and bendecir which are completely regularized in modern usage. The presence of regularized bendecir and its possible effects on etymologically related verbs contrasts with the resistance of regularization of hacer-derived verbs and the consequent absence of analogical pressure.

Abstract

Spanish verbs derived via prefixation prescriptively retain the morphological complexity of their root verbs. However, some verbs derived from decir and hacer show allomorphic variation in the future and conditional, which is documented by the RAE for decir but not at all for hacer. The results of this study of historical variation suggest decreased morphological transparency of some verbs but not of others. Verbs derived from hacer continue to resist regularization, with the notable exception of satisfacer. The set of decir-derived verbs is much more complex in its tendencies. This may be attributable to either (a) perceived opacity of contradecir or (b) increased analogical pressure from maldecir and bendecir which are completely regularized in modern usage. The presence of regularized bendecir and its possible effects on etymologically related verbs contrasts with the resistance of regularization of hacer-derived verbs and the consequent absence of analogical pressure.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1. Regional variation
  6. Chapter 1. Discontinuous Plurality in Chilean Spanish 14
  7. Chapter 2. Person restrictions in non-canonical agreement patterns in Spanish 34
  8. Chapter 3. Exploring future-in-the-past variation in Seville and Caracas 58
  9. Part 2. Diachronic variation
  10. Chapter 4. Derived verbs and future-conditional stem regularization in written Spanish in synchrony and diachrony 82
  11. Chapter 5. The emergence of sound change in two varieties of Spanish 106
  12. Chapter 6. Real and apparent (time) changes in Yucatan Spanish 130
  13. Part 3. Learner profile variation
  14. Chapter 7. Civics, ideology, and Spanish in Kansas 154
  15. Chapter 8. Promoting Spanish L2 pragmatic competence in a virtual environment 173
  16. Chapter 9. Individual differences do not affect trill variation by advanced learners of Spanish 196
  17. Chapter 10. L2 sociolinguistic perception of stylistic variation 225
  18. Index 249
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.38.04gra

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1. Regional variation
  6. Chapter 1. Discontinuous Plurality in Chilean Spanish 14
  7. Chapter 2. Person restrictions in non-canonical agreement patterns in Spanish 34
  8. Chapter 3. Exploring future-in-the-past variation in Seville and Caracas 58
  9. Part 2. Diachronic variation
  10. Chapter 4. Derived verbs and future-conditional stem regularization in written Spanish in synchrony and diachrony 82
  11. Chapter 5. The emergence of sound change in two varieties of Spanish 106
  12. Chapter 6. Real and apparent (time) changes in Yucatan Spanish 130
  13. Part 3. Learner profile variation
  14. Chapter 7. Civics, ideology, and Spanish in Kansas 154
  15. Chapter 8. Promoting Spanish L2 pragmatic competence in a virtual environment 173
  16. Chapter 9. Individual differences do not affect trill variation by advanced learners of Spanish 196
  17. Chapter 10. L2 sociolinguistic perception of stylistic variation 225
  18. Index 249
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