Kemmer, Suzanne E.2013-03-082013-03-082011Sanaphre Villanueva, Monica. "Analytic Causative Constructions in Medieval Spanish: The Origins of a Construction." (2011) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70425">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70425</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70425he goal of this study is to provide an inventory of the Analytic Causative constructions that were in use in Peninsular Spanish from the 12 th to the 16 th centuries from the constructional perspective of Cognitive Grammar. A detailed profile of each construction was made including its constructional schema along with relevant semantic, syntactic, lexical, pragmatic, and socio-cultural information. Fifteen different constructions involving the verbs mandar 'command', fazer 'make/do', and enviar 'send' were recorded and described. Moreover, several of the evolution paths constructions followed and the way constructions influenced and interacted with each other forming constructional networks were identified. The importance of semantic factors triggering change, as well as the role that prototypical exemplars, collocations, and analogy play in the emergence and conservation of constructions are discussed.289 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.LanguageLiteratureLinguisticsSpanishMedievalCausativesConstructionsCausativityAnalytic causativeThesisSanaphreMTHESIS LING. 2011 SANAPHRE VILLANUEVA