Open AccessSimple Future of Spanish. Natural System Versus Cultivated Uses
Author(s) -
María Victoria Escandell-Vidal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
verba hispanica/verba hispanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2350-4250
pISSN - 0353-9660
DOI - 10.4312/vh.26.1.15-33
Subject(s) - polysemy , simple (philosophy) , set (abstract data type) , interpretation (philosophy) , semantics (computer science) , natural (archaeology) , diversity (politics) , computer science , range (aeronautics) , linguistics , epistemology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , history , political science , archaeology , engineering , law , programming language , aerospace engineering
The aim of this paper is to show that the attested diversity of interpretations of the Spanish simple future does not result from an inherent polysemy, but rather from the coexistence of two different systems being “visible” at the same time: an active, fully productive system (natural system), and a set of non-active uses, which survive from an ancient system no longer in force (cultivated uses). To this end, the paper examines data from first language acquisition patterns, frequency, distributional restrictions, range of usage, and interpretation routes. The distinction suggested is a crucial requirement for a monosemic approach to the semantics of the Spanish simple future cast in evidential terms – one that can make evident its internal logic and synchronic properties.