A Systemic Functional Micro-grammar of River Plate

Spanish Clitics

GeneSys_IDEVíctor M. Castel

CONICET y UNCuyoMendoza, Argentina

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See sp5.

See sp6.

See sp7.

sp1sp1 : COREFERENTIALITY (two-role_process) = coref-X-and-Y :

SUBJECT-THEME(two-role-process) = {100% agent},SUBJECT-THEME(three-role-process) = {100% agent}.

/*If the same individual performs both the agent and the affected

(etc.)roles, then the agent is the subject-theme of the situation. In otherwords, it must be an active situation. Mutatis mutandis, for three-

roleprocesses.*/

sp2sp2 : SUBJECT-THEME( two-role_process) = agent_sth :

TYPE(agent) = {75% stated, 25% sought, 0% covert},

GENDER(agent) = {100% nil},

THEMATIC_STATUS(agent) = {100% subject-theme},

THEMATIC_STATUS(affected) = {100% non-subject-theme}.

/*Default specification for PERSON, NUMBER AND GENDER properties of the agent

participant:

PERSON(agent) = {35% performer, 25% addressee, 40% outsider, 0% nil>}NUMBER(agent) = {65% singular, 35% plural, 0% nil>}GENDER(agent) = {45% femenine, 55% non_feminine, 0% nil>}

If the agent is the subject-theme of the situation, then person and number properties remain as specified by default. Gender properties are undefined.

The thematic status of the agent and the affected are subject-theme and non-subject-theme, respectively.*/

sp3sp3 : SUBJECT-THEME( two-role_process) = affected_sth :

TYPE(affected) = {75% stated, 25% sought, 0% covert},

THEMATIC_STATUS(agent) = {100% non-subject-theme},

THEMATIC_STATUS(affected) = {100% subject-theme}.

/*Default specification for PERSON, NUMBER AND GENDER properties of the

affected participant:

PERSON(affected) = {35% performer, 25% addressee, 40% outsider, 0% nil}NUMBER(affected) = {65% singular, 35% plural, 0% nil}GENDER(affected) = {45% femenine, 55% non_feminine, 0% nil}

If the affected is the subject-theme of the situation, then person, number and gender properties of the affected remain as specified by default.

The thematic status of the agent and the affected are non-subject-theme and subject-theme, respectively.*/

sp4sp4 : ROLE-2 (two-role process) = affected :

coref_agent_and_affected TYPE(affected) = TYPE(agent),PERSON(affected) = PERSON(agent),NUMBER(affected) = NUMBER(agent).

non_coref PERSON (agent) = performer

PERSON(affected) = {0% performer},PERSON (agent) = addressee

PERSON (affected) = {0% addressee}.

/*If ‘coref_agent_and_affected’, then for each property of the Agent prefer identical properties for the Affected. This amounts to assigning 100% to properties of the Affected that have already been assigned to the Agent.

If ‘non_coref_af_af’, then if the Agent is the performer, the Affected cannot bethe performer. If the Agent is the addressee, then the Affected cannot be theaddressee.*/

sp5

sp5 : TYPE (agent) = covert :

THEMATIC_STATUS(agent) = {100% nil},

PERSON(agent) = {100% nil>},

NUMBER(agent) = {100% nil>},

GENDER(agent) = {100% nil>}.

/*If the agent participant is covert, then its thematic status, person, number and gender properties are undefined. */

sp6

sp6 : TYPE (affected) = covert :

THEMATIC_STATUS(affected) = {100% nil},

PERSON(affected) = {100% nil>},

NUMBER(affected) = {100% nil>},

GENDER(affected) = {100% nil>}.

/* If the affected participant is covert, then person, number and gender properties are undefined. */

sp7

sp7 : PERSON (affected) = performer or addressee :

(SUBJECT-THEME (two-role-process) = agent_sth)

GENDER(affected) = {100% nil}.

/* Except for passive situations, the performer and the addressee are undefined for GENDER and thus they are realized by the clitics ‘me/nos’ and ‘te/ustedes’, which are unmarked for gender:

Te saludo. Me saluda. Te saludás. Me saludás. Te saluda. Me saluda.

The verbal endings of the participle are marked for GENDER in passive situations:

Fuiste saludada. Fuiste saludado. Fui saludada. Fui saludado. Fue saludado. Fue saludada.

*/