{"product_id":"noun-based-constructions-in-the-history-patrcia-amaral-9780198847182","title":"Noun-Based Constructions in the History of Portuguese and Spanish","description":"This book explores syntactic and semantic change in three types of construction in Spanish and Portuguese: (i) complex determiner phrases with clausal adjunction (\u003cem\u003eel hecho de\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eo facto de\u003c\/em\u003e), (ii) complex prepositions\/complementizers and complex connectives (\u003cem\u003esin embargo de\u003c\/em\u003e\/\u003cem\u003esem embargo de\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eso(b) pena de\u003c\/em\u003e), and (iii) complex predicates containing light verbs (\u003cem\u003edar consejo\u003c\/em\u003e\/\u003cem\u003econselho de\u003c\/em\u003e). While these constructions are syntactically different, they are all clause-taking complex expressions containing a noun followed by the functional preposition\u003cem\u003e de\u003c\/em\u003e ('of'). This book is the first work to use a systematic comparative corpus study to explore these expressions together; this approach allows individual changes to be distinguished from general changes, as well as emphasizing the chronological clustering of changes that involve complex constructions in both languages. By studying mechanisms of language change and their outcomes in two sister languages, Patr?ia Amaral and Manuel Delicado Cantero address questions such as: How do complex constructions evolve? How does the meaning of the noun change when considered in isolation and when compared to the meaning of the whole construction? And how do syntactic categories change over time? This study of two closely-related languages reveals distinct developments occurring in parallel, and provides a crucial test case for theories of language change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patr?ia Amaral, Manuel Delicado Cantero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198847181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198847182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Patr?ia Amaral","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993154191615,"sku":"9780198847182","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c97307fa-077f-4cf9-835b-5fded43efb9a.jpg?v=1683322811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/noun-based-constructions-in-the-history-patrcia-amaral-9780198847182","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}