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This work addresses the semantic evolution of constructions of the llegar y + FV type in Spanish. Taking as a point of departure their characterization as monopredicative structures, we propose that the core meaning they convey is the interruptive aspect, which can develop mirativity as a secondary value. From an empirical point of view, documentary evidence is provided which shows the deeper historical reach of uses marking an event's abrupt occurrence, in contrast to the recent and still sporadic uses to which an unequivocal mirative value can be attributed. From a theoretical point of view, this process of change is formulated as a process of scope increase in the hierarchy of clausal operators, which appears as a common assumption to both functional (Hengeveld 2017) and formalist (Roberts 2012) approaches. Finally, our analysis shows that a single and unified core semantic value, 'abrupt transition', can be suggested to cover all uses of llegar y + FV. This value, depending on the hierarchical level at which it operates, can trigger either an aspectual value -if applied to states of affairs- or a mirative value -if applied to propositions, specifically, the evidence acquisition time- (Carol 2018, Lau y Rooryck 2017). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to determine, in a corpus of Chilean Spanish, the presence, frequency and meanings of evidential strategies. The results show that, for this dialect, the semantic domain of evidentiality is conveyed, at least, by the future simple and the future perfect, the conditional simple and the conditional perfect, the pronoun uno, the second person singular, the construction "determinant + tal + proper noun" and dequeísta structures. Evidential meanings conveyed are reportative / quotative, "personal source and universal access" and "source and access shared between speaker and listener". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text presents the basic principles of Role and Reference Grammar, a linguistic theory that embraces the semantic, syntactic and pragmatics aspects that rule human languages. This principles are explained specially in relation to Spanish grammatical structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]