Periphrastic Verb Phrases in Spanish:

32. a. Va cambilndolo.
b. La va cambiando.
S/he is slowly changing it.
33 . a. Anda metitndose con la gente.
b Se anda metiendo con la gente.
S/he goes around messing with people.
34 . a. Vay a ir ytr;dame
b. Me voy a ir yendo.
I am going to get going.
In the following section, we will look at the basic structures underneath this
movement. The lexical entries for ir, cambiar, and meter are given below in order to
generate trees for these phrases. This time we have added the possibility of the CP to the
periphrastic ir. However, in the data above we also have the non-periphrastic ir in
sentence 34. Therefore, we have given the lexical entry for the periphrastic ir in 35, and
the non-periphrastic ir in 36:
35. ir, V [_ {IP[+tin)} )
{CP[-finJ}
36. ir, V [_ ]
As can be seen with these lexical entries, the structure of the periphrastic ir is
really different. It can also take a CP, which we will later see. To be periphrastic,
however, it MUST choose between the IP and the CPo One of them is necessary. It' s
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