Four Dialectal Uses of the Adverb <i>Siempre</i> and Their Grammatical Properties

Four Dialectal Uses of the Adverb <i>Siempre</i> and Their Grammatical Properties

This article analyzes four interpretations of the adverb <i>siempre</i> ‘always’ that do not belong to general Spanish. The continuative and the progressive-comparative interpretations are argued to be calques of Italian, often attested in Rioplatense Spanish. In the first one, <i>...

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Main Author: Ignacio Bosque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Languages
Subjects:
<i>siempre</i>
temporal adverbs in Spanish
frequency adverbs
aspectual particles
aspectual periphrases
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/1/30

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