Revue semestrielle de linguistique et littératures romanes

Écho des études romanes 2007, 3(1):183-193 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2007.017

Las variantes nominativas de las construcciones no nominativas en español: dinámica del sitema lingüísticoSpanish

Miroslava AUROVÁ
Universidad de Bohemia del Sur

Nominative variants of non-nominative constructions in Spanish: dynamism of language system

Spanish is a language of nominative pattern, nevertheless some constructions show non-nominative syntactic behaviour. It is the case of constructions traditionally called impersonals, within GB framework, called non-nominative, i.e. constructions lacking overt nominative nominal element. Non-nominative character is usually explained as inheritance of ancient stage of I(ndo)-E(uropean) languages, suppressed by predominant subject-orientation of IE. In the current linguistic system of Spanish, some impersonal construction remain typically non-nominative, however, they can form nominative variants. On the basis of examples of Spanish impersonals, I will show the parametric variation in basic syntax behaviour, allowed by the systemic potentionality.

Keywords: Spanish; linguistic system; syntactics; nominal element

Published: June 11, 2007  Show citation

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AUROVÁ, M. (2007). Las variantes nominativas de las construcciones no nominativas en español: dinámica del sitema lingüístico. Écho des études romanes, 3(1-2), 183-193. doi: 10.32725/eer.2007.017
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