Variació formal i canvi lingüístic en els quantificadors catalans: el paper de la pragmàtica
EnglishThis article studies the formal variation of the masculine singular forms of the quantifiers u/un ‘one’, algu/algun ‘someone, some’, ningu/ningun ‘no-one, anyone, not one, any, none’ and cada u/cada un ‘everyone, each one’ in contemporary Catalan. The standard uses of these forms are contrasted with dialectal uses, obtained from a thorough search in oral and written corpora. In addition, they are compared with the uses in the other Romance languages and with their historical evolution in Catalan. The whole set of data, and especially the dialectal information on the Valencian area, allow us to explain the various factors that have interacted in the variation and formal change of thes…
Els verbs semblar(-se), ressemblar i assemblar(-se) en els diccionaris normatius
Resum: Aquest article analitza els verbs semblar(-se), ressemblar i assemblar(-se) en els diccionaris institucionals de l’IEC i de l’AVL. La informació que podem obtenir d’aquests diccionaris posa de manifest que hi ha diferències en la descripció semàntica dels verbs. Cada obra descriu i jerarquitza les remissions en atenció als usuaris més pròxims i en algun cas n’hi ha que exclou solucions històriques. Amb l’objectiu d’obtenir una informació més profunda d’ aquests verbs, estudiem quins són els seus usos semàntics i sintàctics en català antic. El corpus analitzat són tots els textos que conté el corpus CICA des del segle XIII fins al XVI. Els resultats obtinguts apunten la conveniència d…
Les estructures amb ésser + participi passat: problemes d' ambigüitat formal
This article analyzes the structures of «ésser» + participle in old Catalan. It highlights the diversity of constructions that may constitute this hind of construction (compound tenses, copulatives and passives). It analyzes the methodological problems derived from structural ambiguity, and points explains the evolutionary ways that language has established to solve the problems generated by formal syncretism.
Reflexions al voltant de la proposta lingüística de Josep Nebot i Pérez
This article tries to outline the general background of grammatical studies in Catalan by the end of the 19th century and beginnings of the 20th century, while phocusing on the work of the Valencian grammarian Josep Nebot i Pérez, his linguistic ideology and his interesting proposal of producing two different set of grammars: a popular one, and another addressed to the more cultivated reader.
Els auxiliars dels temps compostos en català medieval
The study of auxiliary verbs in compound tenses («haver» vs. «Ésser») in Old Catalan is a topic discussed in many works. But no research deeply analysing literary works of the time and using an accurate methodology is available. Our purpose is to show that so significant medieval literary works such as «Llibre de Meravelles» by Ramon Llull, «Llibre dels Fets» by King James I & «Tirant lo Blanch», can also provide very valuable information to understand the phenomenon of change of auxiliary. Referring to usage frequencies, we show that chronology plays a great role in these alternations and outline a whole series of factors that explain the observed evolutive tendencies.
The Polysemy of the verbs «pegar», «apegar» and «empegar» in Catalan : a synchronic manifestation of semantic change
In this paper we study the polysemy that the verbs pegar ('hit/stick'), apegar ('stick') and empegar ('stick') possess today in the Catalan language. First of all, we perform a thorough description of the meanings that each of these verbs have acquired not only in the standard but also in the colloquial language. Each of the meanings has been differentiated from the others by analysing the most prominent dictionaries currently available and a corpus of written texts. Additionally, a number of surveys on the spoken language have also been taken into account. Our research has shown that in the different Catalan dialects they do not always have the same meanings or the same verb forms. To be a…
Mar Massanell i Messalles, «“No m’à romasa sinó la honestat”. Rere la petja d’una innovació lingüística en el pas del català antic al modern», Barcelona, Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2020, 450 p.
Ressenya sobre el llibre de Mar Massanell i Messalles, «No m’à romasa sinó la honestat». Rere la petja d’una innovació lingüística en el pas del català antic al modern, Barcelona, Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2020, 450 p., ISBN: 978-84-9191-117-3.
Els derivats d'Esse i Stare en les llengües romàniques
This paper presenta a contrastive analysis of the Romance verbs derived from ESSE and STARE. The lexical and syntactic characteristics of these verbs in Latin and their locative and atributive uses clearly contrast with actual Romance uses. This contrast highlights the variable extension of the verbs derived from STARE assuming the space of those derived from ESSE.One extreme of the clyne is represented by the Hispanic languages (i.e., Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan), which have developed more uses and thus extended further the STARE forms. On the opposite extreme, there is French, which has no STARE uses. In between, there are Occitan, Sardinian, Italian and Romanian, which include some f…