RT Journal Article
T1 On English turn out and Spanish resultar mirative constructions. A case of ongoing grammaticalization?
A1 Serrano Losada, Mario
K1 Mirativity
K1 Evidentiality
K1 Grammaticalization
K1 Raising predicates
K1 Resultar
K1 Turn out
AB This article focuses on the diachronic development of English turn out and Spanishresultar ‘turn out’ mirative constructions. Having undergone processes of semanticgeneralization over time, both verbs express evidential and, most prominently, mirativenuances in the present-day languages. This study explores the mechanisms thatcondition the evolution of turn out and resultar from their original meanings as lexicalresultative and change-of-state verbs towards their eventual subjectification andgrammaticalization as predicates conveying evidential and mirative senses. Thepresent-day mirative constructions take that- and infinitival complement clauses in bothlanguages. The analysis suggested here shows that both verbs exhibit diverging, thoughclosely related, paths and degrees of grammaticalization. Moreover, this study delvesinto the further development of these predicates as parenthetical expressions. WhileEnglish parenthetical turns out has already been grammaticalized, Spanish resulta maybe on its way to becoming a grammaticalized parenthetical.
PB John Benjamins Publishing
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31779
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31779
LA eng
NO Mario Serrano-Losada. 2017. On English turn out and Spanish resultar mirative constructions. A case of ongoing grammaticalization? Journal of Historical Linguistics 7(1/2): 160-189
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026