«Voler» + infinitive in Catalan: From the imminence aspectual periphrasis to the epistemic and evidential marker (from the 13th century to the present day)
Today’s Catalan knows the phrases vol ploure and vol caure, literally ‘[it] wants to rain’ and ‘[it] wants to fall,’ with the meaning of ‘showing signs that [something] has to [happen]’ (DDLC, s.v. voler). Such structures are only a remainder from the imminence aspectual periphrasis voler + infiniti...
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Catalan Journal of Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/164 |