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Claudio Garrido
Universidad Católica del Maule
Chile
Ricardo Avaca Avaca
Universidad Católica del Maule
Chile
Vol 51 (2024), Articles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/verba.51.8645
Submitted: 08-09-2022 Accepted: 05-01-2023 Published: 22-04-2024
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Abstract

In the present article, the semantic and grammatical changes of the verb largar(se) are analyzed from a diachronic perspective. In particular, the auxiliarization process is studied, especially the origin and diffusion of the inchoative value. For this purpose, a database was created from the linguistic examples in CORDE and CORPES XXI. The theoretical approach on which the analysis is based consists of grammaticalization theory, construction grammar and the general principles of historical semantics from a cognitive perspective. One of the most relevant results is the fact that, in the historical development of largar(se), two forces of analogical attraction intervene that are provoked, at different moments in time, by the verbs ir(se) and poner(se), respectively, as support constructions.