Verbal Semantics and the Diachronic Development of Differential ...
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<strong>Verbal</strong> semantics <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> diachronic development <strong>of</strong> DOM in Spanish 27<br />
absolute numbers<br />
indef. DO in<br />
indef. DO in<br />
def. DO in<br />
def. DO in<br />
<strong>of</strong> all a-marking<br />
Corpus Español<br />
Bible translation<br />
Corpus Español<br />
Bible translation<br />
tomar + a 11 (121) 3 (34) 95 (184) 42 (85)<br />
matar + a 27 (165) 18 (38) 123 (177) 95 (113)<br />
Table 15: Instances <strong>of</strong> DOM with definite <strong>and</strong> indefinite human direct objects for tomar <strong>and</strong> matar at all time<br />
points (number <strong>of</strong> all instances in brackets; Corpus de Español (12 th - 19 th cent) <strong>and</strong> Bible translations <strong>of</strong> 1+2<br />
Samuel <strong>and</strong> 1+2 Kings 14 th -20 th cent.))<br />
The percentages given in table 15 provide evidence that verb class is a relevant factor for<br />
determining DOM in Spanish. The contrast between verbs like tomar <strong>and</strong> verbs like matar is<br />
consistently shown by both corpus searches, even though <strong>the</strong>y include quite different material<br />
<strong>and</strong> time points. The only deviance is <strong>the</strong> high percentage (47%) for indefinite human direct<br />
objects in <strong>the</strong> Bible translation. This might be an artifact <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> summation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same<br />
instances <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four translations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same verses.<br />
Table 15: Percentages <strong>of</strong> DOM with definite <strong>and</strong> indefinite human direct objects for tomar <strong>and</strong> matar at all time<br />
points (Corpus de Español (12 th - 19 th cent) <strong>and</strong> Bible translations <strong>of</strong> 1+2 Samuel <strong>and</strong> 1+2 Kings (14 th -20 th cent.))
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