This paper offers a broad overview, seen from the perspective of Diachronic Construction Grammar, of the readings and values developed in Latin by the construction soleo+inF. The evidence provided and the analysis of the various factors involved in the interpretation of this periphrasis show that its original and basic value is not the expression of habitual aspect, as traditional models maintain, but a typifying meaning that should be considered in the framework of the continuous aspect. On the other hand, the structural possibilities and the behavior of soleo+INF in Latin allow to set an interesting reference framework to explain some particular uses of soler+ INF in the earliest stages of the Spanish language.
Keywords:
Latin, soleo infinitive, verbal periphrasis, aspect and modality, diachronic construction Grammar
Artigas Álvarez, E. (2020). The periphrasis soler + infinitive in the light of latin (II): readings and values of soleo+infinitive. Boletín De Filología, 54(2), pp. 47–80. Retrieved from https://revistaestudiosarabes.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/55944
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