2014
DOI: 10.7557/1.3.2.3064
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A guide to subjunctive and modals in Spanish: questions and analyses

Abstract: ABSTRACT. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of the range of phenomena that in Spanish are related to modal interpretations, with particular attention to the distribution and analysis of subjunctive. The main questions that are discussed in this article are (a) whether subjunctive can be characterised uniformly; (b) what the proper placement of subjunctive is in the functional structure of the clause, and how subjunctive interacts with modals that are placed in different areas; (c) what kind of… Show more

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“…In Spanish, the modality of a proposition can be conveyed by means of different linguistic expressions (modal verbs, adverbs, indicative/subjunctive verbal inflection). Crucially, all of these grammatical manifestations are considered operators (or markers of operators) that quantify over predicates, which are in turn evaluated in light of all possible worlds (Fábregas 2014). Traditionally, indicative/subjunctive selection has been explained on the basis of a realis/irrealis contrast, by which predicates are either associated with actualized situations occurring at the moment of the utterance, or with events that remain in the realm of thought and alternative worlds (Haverkate 2002).…”
Section: A Brief Overview Of Mood Selection In Spanish and Englishmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Spanish, the modality of a proposition can be conveyed by means of different linguistic expressions (modal verbs, adverbs, indicative/subjunctive verbal inflection). Crucially, all of these grammatical manifestations are considered operators (or markers of operators) that quantify over predicates, which are in turn evaluated in light of all possible worlds (Fábregas 2014). Traditionally, indicative/subjunctive selection has been explained on the basis of a realis/irrealis contrast, by which predicates are either associated with actualized situations occurring at the moment of the utterance, or with events that remain in the realm of thought and alternative worlds (Haverkate 2002).…”
Section: A Brief Overview Of Mood Selection In Spanish and Englishmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5.1 La legitimació de pas en dominis de subjuntiu La caracterització del subjuntiu és una qüestió d'una gran complexitat i resulta difícil fer-ne una anàlisi unitària, com s'ha vist a Picallo (1985), Kempchinsky (1986), Pérez Saldanya (1988), Ballesta (1991), Stowell (1993), Quer (1998), Fábregas (2014), entre molts d'altres i des d'aproximacions teòriques diferents. Aquí ens concentrem a explorar aquells contextos de subjuntiu que poden presentar més efectes de transparència que d'altres i ho fem, específicament, observant la legitimació de TPNs al domini subordinat.…”
Section: Explorant Altres Dominis Transparentsunclassified
“…Pel que fa als subjuntius intensionals, tot i que no esperaríem que fos així, els denominats verbs factius o temàtics, no permeten que la negació oracional de la clàusula principal legitimi la NegPres com a TPN pas a la subordinada (66a-b): En casos com els de (66) és evident que el límit clausal conforma una fase forta; vegeu Fábregas (2014 i referències citades allí). Més enllà del tipus de subjuntiu, el factor que explica la impossibilitat de legitimar la marca de NegPres és la independència temporal de la subordinada respecte de l'oració principal; vegeu Giannakidou i Quer (1997), González (2003), Quer (2009) i Fábregas (2014). 22 Un verb com lamentar és un verb factiu i, per tant, com mostrem a (67), pot seleccionar una subordinada -parafrasejable per «el fet que» (Kiparsky & Kiparsky 1970)-que presenti independència temporal respecte de la principal.…”
Section: Explorant Altres Dominis Transparentsunclassified
“…A descrição feita nesta seção não pretende ser exaustiva. Como esclarece Fábregas (2014), "o subjuntivo tem um grande número de diferentes usos, o que torna difícil agrupá-los sob um único rótulo" (FÁBREGAS, 2014, p. 27). Apesar disso, autores como Vesterinen e Bylund (2013) buscam uma abordagem explicativa que dê conta de unificar os diferentes contextos de usos do subjuntivo.…”
Section: O Presente Do Subjuntivo Em Espanhol E O Futuro Do Subjuntivunclassified