New perspectives on the study of ser and estar / edited by Isabel Pérez-Jiménez, Manuel Leonetti, Silvia Gumiel-Molina, University of Alcalá.

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New Perspectives on the Study of Ser and Estar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Ser and estar: Outstanding questions; 1. Ser/Estar: Preliminaries; 2. One single account; 3. The nature of the distinction; 4. Aspect, in some sense; 5. Epilogue; References; Section I. Ser and estar and aspect; More than a copula: Complex predicates with estar and the clitic se; 1. Introduction; 2. Aspectual characterization of estarse predicates and the thematic role of their subjects; 2.1 Differentiating estarse predicates from states; 2.2 Testing for agentivity.

2.3 Is it possible to create complex events with the copula ser and the clitic se?3. Drawing a parallel between estarse predicates and other predicates with the clitic se: Consumptio; 3.1 The clitic se with consumption verbs; 3.2 Motion verbs and se as an instantiation of Voice; 4. Conclusions; Sources of the examples; References; Ser, estar and two different modifiers; 1. Introduction; 2. Conjoint and Disjoint; 3. Properties of ser and estar in the literature; 4. Ser and estar: Conjoint + Stat and Disjoint + Stat; 4.1 Individual-level/stage-level opposition; 4.2 Aspect; 4.3 P-incorporation.

4.4 Other explanations of the ser/estar alternation5. Further advantages; 5.1 Estar in locative constructions; 5.2 Estar is not an indicator of change: Evidential uses of estar; 5.3 Ser does not obligatorily lexicalize Conjoint; 6. Conclusions; References; Sentences as predicates: The Spanish construction ; 1. Introduction; 2. The semantic interpretation of ; 2.1 denotes an IL- predicate; 2.2 The property denoted by the sequence is a habit.

2.3 as IL-predicate and the SER/ESTAR distinction2.4 Finite sentences as predicates; 2.5 Kinds of subjects and the modal reading of characterizing infinitives; 3. Gradability; 4. The syntactic analysis and the contribution of the preposition; 4.1 The contribution of the preposition and the internal structure of the predicate; 4.2 The derivation of the passive-deontic version of the construction; 5. Conclusions; References; Section II. Ser and estar beyond aspect.

The inference of temporal persistence and the individual/stage-level distinction: The case of ser and estar in Spanish1. Introduction. Aspectual and comparison-based approaches to the ser 'beSER'/estar 'beestar' alter; 2. Basic contrasts between ser 'beser' and estar 'beestar' predications. The data; 2.1 Conditional sentences and sentences with adverbs quantifying over situations; 2.2 Locative modifiers; 2.3 Temporal modifiers; 2.4 Lifetime effects; 3. Aspectual approaches: Event/aspect/Aktionsart-oriented explanations.

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