Aquí llegas, pero allá coges: distribución dialectal de los auxiliares de las construcciones multiverbales de verbos finitos coordinados en español
Aquí llegas, pero allá coges: Dialectal Distribution of the Auxiliares of Multiverb Constructions of Finite Coordinated Verbs in Spanish

Summary/Abstract: In this research, we present the main results of the study on dialectal distribution of the auxiliaries of multiverb constructions of finite coordinated verbs (CMVFC) from eight Spanish dialectal areas: Mexican and Central American, Caribbean, Andean, Chilean, from Rio de la Plata and the Chaco province, Andalusian, Canarian, and Castilian (Moreno Fernández 2000). The study includes the analysis of the dialectal distribution of constructions with eight diff erent auxiliaries organized in two paradigms: apprehension verbs (agarrar, coger, pillar and tomar) and movement verbs (ir, llegar, saltar and venir), and we present the main patterns of similarities and differences in their use. The data for this analysis are drawn from two different databases, the Corpus del Español del Siglo XXI (CORPES XXI) and the Proyecto para el Estudio Sociolingüístico del Español de España y América (PRESEEA). One of the most relevant findings of the present research is the fact that both in its dialectal distribution and in its frequency, the constructions with auxiliary movement verbs, and in particular the verb ir, are the preferred ones. These results concur with previous studies that demonstrate these verbs exhibit a higher degree of grammaticalization.

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