Gramaticalización y uso de en tal caso como conector conclusivo hipotético

  1. José Antonio Bartol Hernández 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Book:
De Estepa a Salamanca miradas en torno a la lengua
  1. Carmen Quijada Van den Berghe (coord.)
  2. Borja Alonso Pascua (coord.)
  3. Francisco Escudero Paniagua (coord.)
  4. Carolina Martín Gallego (coord.)
  5. 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).