An analysis of the developing se passive construction with a por-phrase
| dc.contributor.author | Rauch, Jacwylyn Laci, author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Delahunty, Gerald, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Grim, Frédérique, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pedrós-Gascón, Antonio, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Berry, Nancy, committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-10T20:04:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-10T20:04:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research proposes to characterize a particular type of se construction as a developing se passive construction with a por-phrase and attempts to address what linguistic niche it inhabits. The construction addressed has an argument as its subject that is the patient of the clause and a por-phrase that contains either an instrument or an agent that contributes to the event denoted by the verb phrase. In this paper, I give an overview of the different se constructions, followed by a discussion of voice. Next, I review literature on the passive and adopt a working characterization of the Spanish passive. I then look at development of the passive over time and the constraints typically associated it. For this research, I use a corpus to get a data set of fifty entries that I analyze qualitatively and compare using simple percentages. Those data entries are then analyzed using three separate analysis tools that were adapted from Hopper and Thompson's transitivity categorization and Dowty's Proto-Agent Properties. Those tools allow me to develop theories on the niche that the developing se passive with a por-phrase inhabits with respect to the periphrastic passive. This research suggests that the developing se passive construction with the por-phrase fills some gaps left by the periphrastic passive. For that reason, it does not seem unlikely that the developing se passive construction with a por-phrase will become more common over time. Whether or not it will become a part of every variety is yet to be seen, but at the very least it is becoming a part of some varieties. | |
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| dc.identifier | Rauch_colostate_0053N_14911.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10217/191326 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2000-2019 | |
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| dc.title | An analysis of the developing se passive construction with a por-phrase | |
| dc.type | Text | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | English | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Languages, Literatures and Cultures | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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