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Periphrastic Constructions in Romance

Insights from Synchronic and Diachronic Studies
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Published/Copyright: 2026
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This book presents synchronic and diachronic studies on verbal periphrases in a range of Romance languages to clarify the boundaries of the category, the features, origin and development of specific constructions, and the interrelations between them. In doing so, it seeks to reinforce the synergies between the theoretical contributions of grammaticalization, constructionalization, and the study of texts in their philological sense more properly, looking into the effects of discourse traditions. The individual chapters adopt diverse analytic perspectives and theoretical and methodological frameworks, and integrate results applying qualitative, quantitative, and psycholinguistic methods.

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Renata Enghels (Ghent University), Mar Garachana (University of Barcelona), María Sol Sansiñena (University of Leuven)

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    I
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    Acknowledgement

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    Preface

    VII
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    1 Verbal periphrases in Romance: Structures, functions, and theoretical perspectives

    1
    Renata Enghels, Mar Garachana Camarero and María Sol Sansiñena
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    2 The expression of the passive voice in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: Insights from Latin-to-Spanish translations

    29
    Santiago Del Rey Quesada
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    3 Progressive gerund constructions in Spanish, Italian and French: Comparative and historical perspectives

    67
    Anne Carlier, Jasper Vangaever and Lisa Pigère
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    4 The role of prefabs in the spread and conservation of grammatical constructions. Two case studies on Spanish verbal periphrases

    113
    Dorien Nieuwenhuijsen
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    5 From modality to aspect: The grammaticalization of saber+ infinitive in South American Spanish varieties

    133
    Silvina Espíndola Moschner and Malte Rosemeyer
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    6 Possession, elapsed time and continuative aspect: The grammaticalization of llevar + gerund in Spanish

    167
    Julio Torres Soler
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    7 States in Romance progressive verbal periphrases

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    Sarah Dessì Schmid, Lydia Momma and Evelyn Wiesinger
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    8 A periphrastic future in spoken Catalan?

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    Andreu Sentí and Peter Herbeck
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    9 The near-synonymy of the inchoative construction(s) in Spanish: A Behavioral Profile Analysis

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    Sven Van Hulle, Renata Enghels and Marlies Jansegers
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    10 Avertive Periphrases in Romance. An empirical study of the Romanian periphrasis a fi pe cale ‘to be on the way to’

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    Beatrice-Andreea Pahonțu Serafino
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    11 Constructional status and grammaticalisation of periphrastic verbal structures in Romance: An experimental approach

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    Birgit Füreder
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    Language index

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eBook published on:
March 2, 2026
eBook ISBN:
9783111423135
Hardcover published on:
March 2, 2026
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111422817
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
10
Main content:
382
Illustrations:
54
Coloured Illustrations:
41
Tables:
73
Coloured Tables:
1
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111423135
eBook ISBN: 9783111423135
Hardcover ISBN: 9783111422817
Keywords for this book
Romance Languages; Verbal Periphrases; Multi-Verb Constructions; Language Change; Language Contact
Audience(s) for this book
Researchers of Romance Languages, Historical and Synchronic Linguistics, Multi-Verb Constructions, and Verbal Periphrases.
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