<em>Indefinite article</em> + <em>possessive </em>+ <em>noun </em>in Spanish: A <em>case </em>of <em>refunctionalization</em>?
The phenomenon under discussion is an example of a grammatical change that can be explained by refunctionalization, and as such, can be understood as the acquisition of a new meaning by an ‘endangered’ grammatical construction, which is reassigned to express another value. Refunctionalization involv...
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MDPI AG
2018-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/3/4/44 |