Terminó siendo una perífrasis difícil: un análisis aspectual de terminar + gerundio
; Trebisacce, Romina Veronica
; Sciutto, Eugenia Lucía Otros responsables
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03/2023
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Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar las propiedades gramaticales de terminar + gerundio, una perífrasis del español que no ha sido estudiada en profundidad por la bibliografía. Siguiendo parte de la propuesta de Olbertz (1998 y 2007), mostramos que esta construcción posee un significado aspectual conclusivo, vinculado a la noción de aspecto externo o outer aspect, que establece que el evento denotado es el último en relación con una serie de eventos explícitos o implícitos previos. Sin embargo, a diferencia de la autora, rechazamos la hipótesis de que esta perífrasis tiene un valor mirativo de contraexpectativa. En este sentido, argumentamos que, si bien este valor puede aparecer en ciertos contextos, no forma parte de su significado básico. Luego de examinar las propiedades gramaticales que muestran la naturaleza únicamente aspectual de terminar + gerundio, desarrollamos nuestra propuesta de análisis sintáctico y semántico. En cuanto a la sintaxis, proponemos que esta perífrasis se ubica en una proyección aspectual alta, que puede ser identificada como el Sintagma de Aspecto demorado (A2), según propone Cinque (2006) en el marco del enfoque cartográfico. Respecto del análisis semántico, sostenemos que el auxiliar terminar, cuando se ubica en la proyección de Aspecto demorado, funciona como un operador que ordena conjuntos de tiempos y eventos, estableciendo así que el evento denotado por el gerundio es el último de una estructura temporal durativa y que este, a su vez, debe ser distinto a eventos previos, si hubiese.
In this paper we analyze the grammatical properties of terminar + gerundio (‘to end up + - ing’), a Spanish periphrasis that has not been studied in depth in the literature. Following part of Olbertz's (1998 and 2007) proposal, we show that this construction has a conclusive aspectual meaning, linked to the notion of outer aspect, which establishes that the denoted event is the last one of a series of previous explicit or implicit events. However, we reject the author’s hypothesis that this periphrasis has a mirative value of counterexpectation. In this respect, we argue that this value, although it may appear in certain contexts, it is not part of its basic meaning. After examining the grammatical properties that show the aspectual nature of terminar+ gerundio, we develop our syntactic and semantic analysis. Regarding the syntax, we propose that this periphrasis is located in a high aspectual projection, for instance, Delayed Aspect Phrase (A2), according to the proposal of Cinque (2006), in the framework of the cartographic approach. As for the semantic analysis, we argue that the auxiliary terminar, when placed in the Delayed Aspect projection, functions as an operator that orders sets of times and events, thus establishing that the event denoted by the gerund is the last of a durative temporal structure and that this, in turn, must be distinct from previous events, if any.
In this paper we analyze the grammatical properties of terminar + gerundio (‘to end up + - ing’), a Spanish periphrasis that has not been studied in depth in the literature. Following part of Olbertz's (1998 and 2007) proposal, we show that this construction has a conclusive aspectual meaning, linked to the notion of outer aspect, which establishes that the denoted event is the last one of a series of previous explicit or implicit events. However, we reject the author’s hypothesis that this periphrasis has a mirative value of counterexpectation. In this respect, we argue that this value, although it may appear in certain contexts, it is not part of its basic meaning. After examining the grammatical properties that show the aspectual nature of terminar+ gerundio, we develop our syntactic and semantic analysis. Regarding the syntax, we propose that this periphrasis is located in a high aspectual projection, for instance, Delayed Aspect Phrase (A2), according to the proposal of Cinque (2006), in the framework of the cartographic approach. As for the semantic analysis, we argue that the auxiliary terminar, when placed in the Delayed Aspect projection, functions as an operator that orders sets of times and events, thus establishing that the event denoted by the gerund is the last of a durative temporal structure and that this, in turn, must be distinct from previous events, if any.
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