1st Edition

The Evolution of Spanish Past Forms

By Gibran Delgado-Díaz Copyright 2021
150 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Evolution of Spanish Past Forms examines how Spanish past forms have changed diachronically. With examples from Medieval Spanish, Golden Age Spanish, and Modern Spanish literary works, this book demonstrates how language is dynamic and susceptible to change. The past forms considered here include the preterit, the imperfect, the imperfect progressive with estar (temporal to be), the... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Grammaticalization Theory  3. Previous studies on Spanish past forms  4. The study  5. Results  6. Discussion and conclusions

Biography

Gibran Delgado-Díaz teaches Spanish Linguistics at University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, P.R.