Is there anything between control and restructuring? On the construction poner algo ~ a alguien a + infinitive
https://dx.doi.org/10.31810/RSEL.50.2.9
Keywords:
Causativity; restructuring; control; aspect; infinitives; prepositions.Abstract
This paper aims to shed light on the key semantic and syntactic aspects of an understudied Spanish construction, <poner algo ~ a alguien a + infinitivo> («to put something ~ someone to + infinitive»). It will be argued that the preposition a plays a crucial role in determining its causative semantics and its aspectual restrictions (inchoativity); furthermore, a syntactic analysis will be developed in order to explain its hybrid properties, between control and restructuring.
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