Abstract
The main objective of this research is to characterize the form and the semantics of the transitive arguments lexical subject and direct object in transitive constructions throughout the history of the Spanish language. Firstly, this paper presents the analysis of the internal structural complexity of the subject and the direct object. Secondly, it shows the evolution of the features ±human and ±concrete of both arguments. The hypothesis is that Spanish has experienced a weakening of the typical lexical-semantic features of transitive arguments in parallel to an increase of their internal structural complexity. The quantitative evidence is supported by z statistic proof.
Nota
Parte de los resultados contenidos en este trabajo fueron leídos en el II Congreso Internacional de Morfosintaxis Histórica Hispanoamericana celebrado en la Universidad de Sevilla en noviembre de 2018. Agradezco a Concepción Company Company, Rodrigo Flores Dávila y a los dictaminadores anónimos la lectura crítica y los comentarios a este artículo en beneficio de la investigación. Los errores son, por supuesto, responsabilidad mía.
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