Gramaticalización y uso de en tal caso como conector conclusivo hipotético
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Universidad de Salamanca
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- Carmen Quijada Van den Berghe (coord.)
- Borja Alonso Pascua (coord.)
- Francisco Escudero Paniagua (coord.)
- Carolina Martín Gallego (coord.)
- Gema Belén Garrido Vílchez (coord.)
Publisher: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca ; Universidad de Salamanca
ISBN: 978-84-1311-830-7
Year of publication: 2023
Pages: 653-668
Type: Book chapter
Abstract
En tal caso is one of the many phrases created on the basis of the noun caso. As a phrase, it possesses a conditional conclusive value. The present paper studies the use of this phrase in the Spanish language until the end of the 20th century. It specifically focuses on the different contexts the phrase is used in, as well as on the process of its grammaticalization. The study shows that the grammaticalized use of en tal caso becomes dominant, or nearly exclusive, in the last-century texts contained in the academic corpus CDH (Historical Dic-tionary Corpus).