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Publication Date: 1991
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A Functional Approach to the Accusative A.
Weissenrieder, Maureen
Hispania, v74 n1 p146-56 Mar 1991
Presents a preliminary study of the use of the Spanish preposition "a" with inanimate direct object nouns (DOs). The properties of such constructions at the lexical, sentence, and discourse levels are described, and the general principles that condition the preposition's appearance are discussed. (21 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Research, Nouns, Prepositions, Sentence Structure, Spanish
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Language: English
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