On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante

This paper aims to contribute to the clarification of the linguistic and extra-linguistic circumstances that accompany the emergence and behavior of mediante in the first centuries of Spanish. To this end, the origin of the Latin participle medians, mediantis is examined and the evidence of its abla...

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Autor: Artigas, Esther
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Preposicions
Llatí
Castellà (Llengua)
Prepositions
Latin language
Spanish language
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spelling On the Latin Origins of Spanish medianteArtigas, EstherPreposicionsLlatíCastellà (Llengua)PrepositionsLatin languageSpanish languageThis paper aims to contribute to the clarification of the linguistic and extra-linguistic circumstances that accompany the emergence and behavior of mediante in the first centuries of Spanish. To this end, the origin of the Latin participle medians, mediantis is examined and the evidence of its ablative form mediante in various contexts is also analysed and discussed. We conclude from our study that (1) the appearance of mediante in Latin takes place at a relatively late stage of Latin, it having entered the language as a grammatical calque from Greek; (2) in Latin, prepositional values of mediante, which do not necessarily originate from Latin absolute ablative clauses, are already detected; and finally, (3) discursive traditions and historical-cultural factors, in particular those developed in Patristic and Scholastic Literature, are fundamental for the understanding, not only of the evolution of mediante in Latin, but also of its introduccion into Spanish.MDPI2020202020192020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion18 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/152977Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Clàssica, Romànica i Semítica)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/languages4010015Languages, 2019, p. 4-15https://doi.org/10.3390/languages4010015cc-by (c) Artigas, Esther, 2019http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1529772026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
title On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
spellingShingle On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
Artigas, Esther
Preposicions
Llatí
Castellà (Llengua)
Prepositions
Latin language
Spanish language
title_short On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
title_full On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
title_fullStr On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
title_full_unstemmed On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
title_sort On the Latin Origins of Spanish mediante
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Artigas, Esther
author Artigas, Esther
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Preposicions
Llatí
Castellà (Llengua)
Prepositions
Latin language
Spanish language
topic Preposicions
Llatí
Castellà (Llengua)
Prepositions
Latin language
Spanish language
description This paper aims to contribute to the clarification of the linguistic and extra-linguistic circumstances that accompany the emergence and behavior of mediante in the first centuries of Spanish. To this end, the origin of the Latin participle medians, mediantis is examined and the evidence of its ablative form mediante in various contexts is also analysed and discussed. We conclude from our study that (1) the appearance of mediante in Latin takes place at a relatively late stage of Latin, it having entered the language as a grammatical calque from Greek; (2) in Latin, prepositional values of mediante, which do not necessarily originate from Latin absolute ablative clauses, are already detected; and finally, (3) discursive traditions and historical-cultural factors, in particular those developed in Patristic and Scholastic Literature, are fundamental for the understanding, not only of the evolution of mediante in Latin, but also of its introduccion into Spanish.
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