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9. Copular and existential constructions

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition

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This chapter discusses copular and existential constructions, starting from the assumption that the common property of these structures is that they have a nonverbal predicate. We introduce an inventory of Romance copulas and of semantically and syntactically different copular constructions, and we consider the syntax, morphosyntax and semantics of the complement of these structures. After providing a definition of existential construction, we examine the variation in copula agreement, the relationship between locative and existential predications, the Definiteness Effects and some information-structure properties of copular constructions.

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