The interplay between evidentiality and (split) ergativity: a typological comparison of Spanish, the Romance languages and other linguistic branches

doi: https://doi.org/10.31810/rsel.53.2.2

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Evidencialidad; español; iberorromance; ergatividad; futuro; condicional

Abstract

Spanish exhibits a morphological system of evidentiality by means of its morphological future and conditional tense. The latest studies point out that the western part of the Iberian Peninsula is the epicentre of this phenomenon, which has increased exponentially in the last century to the detriment of temporal and modal values. In this article, I aim to demonstrate the narrow correlation between the birth of evidentiality and ergative patterns that, not only justify the geographical origin for Spanish, but they also explain the evolution of evidentiality elsewhere in the Romance spectrum and in other linguistic families.

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2023-11-23

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Lara Bermejo, V. (2023). The interplay between evidentiality and (split) ergativity: a typological comparison of Spanish, the Romance languages and other linguistic branches: doi: https://doi.org/10.31810/rsel.53.2.2. Revista Española De Lingüística, 53(2), 45-88. Retrieved from http://revista.sel.edu.es/index.php/revista/article/view/2121

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