Verbal Periphrases In A Functional Grammar Of Spanish (functional Grammar Series [fgs]) (english And Spanish Edition)

Combining human interest stories with thought provoking analyses, Dr Evert Van de Poll paints the socio-cultural and religious picture of this exceptional continent: its population and cultural variety; past and present idea of 'we Europeans'; immigration, multiculturalism and the issue of (Muslim) integration; the construction of the EU and the concerns it raises; and the quest for the 'soul' of Europe. Special attention is paid to Christian and other roots of Europe; the mixed historical record of Christianity; vestiges of its past dominance; its place and influence in today's societies that are rapidly de-Christianising; and secularization as a European phenomenon. The author indicates specific challenges for Church development, mission and social service. In so doing, he outlines the contours of a contextualised communication of the Gospel. List of tables and figures List of abbreviations and symbols 0. Introduction 1. Some basic concepts of Functional Grammar 1.0. Introduction 1.1. Basic and derived predicates 1.2. Basic and derived terms 1.3. Nuclear predications and the typology of SoAs 1.4. Semantic, syntactic and pragmatic functions 1.5. The hierarchical structure of the clause 1.6. Terms, entities and subordination 1.7. Expression rules 1.8. Two recent proposals: predicates and places 1.9. Notational conventions 2. The data 2.0. Introduction 2.1. The corpus 2.2. The informants 2.3. Matters of presentation 3. What are verbal periphrases? 3.0. Introduction 3.1. Definition and criteria 3.2. Preview of chapters 4–6 4. Lexical constructions 4.0. Introduction 4.1. Productive constructions 4.2. Non-productive constructions 4.3. Summary 5. Semi-auxiliary constructions 5.0. Introduction 5.1. Infinitival constructions 5.2. Gerundial constructions 5.3. Participial constructions 5.4. Summary and discussion 6. Periphrastic constructions 6.0. Introduction 6.1. Infinitival periphrases 6.2. Gerundial periphrases 6.3. Participial periphrases 6.4. Summary and discussion 7. The semantics of periphrases 7.0. Introduction 7.1. Aspect 7.2. Modality 7.3. Polarity: negation 7.4. A hybrid category: Actual Evaluation 7.5. Illocution 7.6. Summary and discussion 8. The syntax of periphrases 8.0. Introduction 8.1. Periphrastic derived predicates 8.2. Periphrastic expressions of π-operators 8.3. Conclusion 9. Conclusions Appendices I. The corpus and additional sources of examples II. Frequencies of verbal periphrases in the corpus III. Glossary of Spanish verbs in analytic constructions IV. List of periphrastically expressed π-operators with key examples References Index of names Index of subjects This text presents a corpus-based description of all different types of verbal peripheries used in modern Peninsula Spanish. It provides a description of semantics and syntax of verbal perphases, and introduces a new subclassification of analytical verbal constructions.