Substantive Subordination in Spanish Written Texts

This paper focuses on the performance of substantive subordination in Spanish written texts. The article evaluates how it is used in four modes of discourse (narrations, descriptions, instructions and expositions). It also studies the use of such subordinateswh en they function as the subject, the d...

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Published inAnuario de estudios filológicos Vol. 43; pp. 95 - 118
Main Author José M. Bustos Gisbert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad de Extremadura 01.09.2020
Subjects
substantive subordination
syntax of written speech
textual typology
verbal mood
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Summary:This paper focuses on the performance of substantive subordination in Spanish written texts. The article evaluates how it is used in four modes of discourse (narrations, descriptions, instructions and expositions). It also studies the use of such subordinateswh en they function as the subject, the direct complement or the prepositional complement (of a verb, a noun or an adjective) within the main clause. Special attention is paid to the morphology of subordinate verbs and to the conditions that lead such subordinates to be constructed in indicative, subjunctive or infinitive. Moreover, its patterns of usage are specifically analysed in indirect and direct speech structures.
ISSN:0210-8178
2660-7301
DOI:10.17398/2660-7301.43.95