The semantic structure of Spanish meaning and grammatical form - King, Larry D., (Larry Dawain) (J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992)
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THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF SPANISH MEANING AND GRAMMATICAL FORM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Verb; Chapter 3. Tense; Chapter 4. Orientation; Chapter 5. Aspect; Chapter 6. Mood; Chapter 7. Partitivity and Deixis; Chapter 8. Status; Chapter 9. The Comparative Semantics of Spanish and English; Chapter 10. Conclusion; References; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects and Terms
In recent years, linguistics has become increasingly more willing to allow some type of representation of 'meaning' in the study of language. However, most approaches deal with sentence or utterance meaning and thereby ignore the meaning of linguistic form. Yet no description of linguistic semantics can be complete without a comprehensive account between meaning and form. This study returns to the problem of form and meaning by presenting a detailed account of certain forms in Spanish which have traditionally been called grammatical forms, or grammatical categories, and associated with grammat