Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. From verbal periphrases to complex predicates 1
4. The coding of aspectual values in periphrastic constructions across signed languages 13
5. Come che al à vût dit 41
6. The rise of the evidential readings of the Catalan periphrasis deure  + infinitive 63
7. A diachronic analysis of the periphrasis soler  + infinitive in Catalan 87
8. A comparison of the early grammaticalization of vado  + INF in Catalan, Spanish and French 115
9. Origin and development of Spanish verbal periphrases haber  + ( nexus ) +  infinitive 131
10. Anteriors and resultatives in Old Spanish 149
11. Unexpected grammaticalizations 171
12. Degrammaticalisation indices in Iberian complex predicates? 189
13. A contrastive study of the degree of grammaticalization of verbal periphrases in Catalan, Spanish and Romanian 211
14. Index 234