On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
Esther Artigas
This paper aims to contribute the clarification of linguistic and extra-linguistic circumstances that accompany emergence behavior mediante in first centuries Spanish. To this end, origin Latin participle medians, mediantis is examined evidence its ablative form various contexts also analysed discussed. We conclude from our study (1) appearance takes place at a relatively late stage Latin, it having entered language as grammatical calque Greek; (2) prepositional values mediante, which do not necessarily originate absolute clauses, are already detected; finally, (3) discursive traditions historical-cultural factors, particular those developed Patristic Scholastic Literature, fundamental for understanding, only evolution but introduccion into
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