Abstract

RUIZ VELASCO DAVALOS, Liliana. Syntactic development of a family of constructions with gana and the fixation of indefiniteness constructions with “dar la gana”. Nueva rev. filol. hisp. [online]. 2020, vol.68, n.1, pp.67-103.  Epub Apr 02, 2020. ISSN 2448-6558.  https://doi.org/10.24201/nrfh.v68i1.3583.

The present study deals with the diachronic development in Classical and Modern Spanish of a familiy of syntactical constructions composed of the verb dar and the noun gana. For that matter data were collected from CORDE and a study was made of their basic semantic and syntactic features (roles, subject and complements), of their semantic differentiation, as well as of the constructions of which they formed part. The results point to a syntactic differentiation between the constructions and their use patterns, leading to one of them, dar la gana, being selected by speakers to form indefinite constructions.

Keywords : Classical Spanish; Modern Spanish; indefiniteness; constructions; language change.