Evaluating the importance of construal for choosing between alternating forms: the case of Spanish change-of-state verbs hacerse and volverse

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Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.1515/lingvan-2023-0039

Anton Granvik, Ester Fernández Incógnito

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Abstract

This paper offers a new approach to the alternate use of Spanish hacerse ‘to make (reflexive)’ and volverse ‘to (re)turn (reflexive)’ to express a change of state. Hacerse and volverse belong to the core of the family of change-of-state verbs in Spanish and constitute a prime example of alternating forms. The aim is to evaluate the importance of the notion of construal as an explanation to alternation. We do this by testing one of the major explanations regarding the difference between hacerse and volverse, namely that of Delbecque and van Gorp (Delbecque, Nicole & Lise van Gorp. 2012. Hacerse y volverse como nexos pseudo-copulativos. Bulletin hispanique 114(1). 277–306, Delbecque, Nicole & Lise van Gorp. 2015. The pseudo-copular use of the Spanish verbs hacerse and volverse: Two types of change. Cognitextes 13), who suggest that the distinction is one of construal. A sentence completion task involving priming and non-priming visual stimuli is used to investigate to what extent the distinct conceptual images associated with hacerse and volverse affect the choice of verb in given contexts. The results show little evidence of the importance of construal for the choice of verb. Instead, established V + ADJ combinations seem to have a greater impact on choosing either verb. This calls into question the applicability of construal as an explanation to alternation, especially from the perspective of choice between alternating forms.

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评估构式对交替形式选择的重要性：西班牙语状态变化动词 hacerse 和 volverse 的案例

本文为交替使用西班牙语 hacerse "使（反身）"和 volverse"（再）转（反身）"来表达状态变化提供了一种新方法。Hacerse 和 volverse 属于西班牙语状态变化动词家族的核心，是交替形式的典型例子。我们的目的是评估构式概念作为交替解释的重要性。为此，我们对 Delbecque 和 van Gorp（Delbecque, Nicole & Lise van Gorp.Hacerse y volverse como nexos pseudo-copulativos.Bulletin hispanique 114(1).277-306, Delbecque, Nicole & Lise van Gorp.西班牙动词 "hacerse "和 "volverse "的伪通俗用法：两种变化。Cognitextes 13），他们认为区别在于构词法。本研究使用了一个涉及引物和非引物视觉刺激的句子完成任务，以研究与 hacerse 和 volverse 相关的不同概念图像在多大程度上影响了特定语境中的动词选择。结果显示，几乎没有证据表明构式对动词选择的重要性。相反，既定的 V + ADJ 组合似乎对动词选择的影响更大。这让人怀疑构式是否适用于解释交替现象，尤其是从交替形式之间选择的角度来看。

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