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From (semi-)oppositional to non-oppositional middles: the case of Spanish reír(se)

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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Zurich
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dc.date.issued2023-07-26
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This paper seeks to explore the possibility that Spanish intransitive verbs showing middle marking with no associated change of valency are a source of non-oppositional middle verbs. In order to do so, a study is conducted of the historical evolution of the middle-marked Spanish verbreír(se)‘to laugh’ as well as other semantically related verbs (such asalegrar(se)‘to be happy, pleased’, regocijarse ‘to rejoice’ andburlar(se), mofar(se), escarnecer(se) ‘to mock, to ridicule, to make fun of’), where the presence of the middle marker is associated with a valency-reducing diathesis.

dc.identifier.doi10.1515/stuf-2023-2006
dc.identifier.issn1867-8319
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dc.identifier.urihttps://www.zora.uzh.ch/handle/20.500.14742/216974
dc.identifier.wos001030330500002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subjectLinguistics and Language
dc.subjectLanguage and Linguistics
dc.subject.ddc410 Linguistics
dc.subject.ddc440 French & related languages
dc.subject.ddc460 Spanish & Portuguese languages
dc.subject.ddc450 Italian, Romanian & related languages
dc.subject.ddc800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism
dc.subject.ddc470 Latin & Italic languages
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From (semi-)oppositional to non-oppositional middles: the case of Spanish reír(se)

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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleLanguage typology and universals
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameDe Gruyter
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend164
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart121
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume76
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uzh.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zurich
uzh.contributor.authorDe Benito Moreno, Carlota
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uzh.eprint.datestamp2024-02-16 09:09:35
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uzh.identifier.doi10.5167/uzh-256573
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uzh.publication.citationDe Benito Moreno, Carlota (2023). From (semi-)oppositional to non-oppositional middles: the case of Spanish reír(se). Language typology and universals, 76(2):121-164.
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uzh.scopus.subjectsLanguage and Linguistics
uzh.scopus.subjectsLinguistics and Language
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